Hipolito has a problem with -jmp-. Inspection of the trace 
revealed that the error is produced by the -predict- routine, 
which is internally called by -jmp-. The relevant part of the
trace is:
    ---begin predict ---
    - version 7.0
    - if _caller()<=5 | "`e(predict)'"=="" {
    = if _caller()<=5 | "regres_p"=="" {
      _predict `0'
      }
    - else {
    - local v=_caller()
    - version `v'
    = version 8.199999999999999
invalid syntax
For some reason _caller() expands to 8.199... instead of 8.2 
on Hipolito's system. My guess is, that the problem will 
disappear once Stata is updated. Thus, my advice for Hipolito 
is to -update all-. Please contact Stata technical support if 
the problem persists.
ben
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jann, Ben
> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 9:37 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: RE: juhn-murphy-pierce decomposition
> 
> 
> Hipolito wrote:
> > When I use the jmp ado-file to carry out the juhn-murphy-pierce
> > decomposition, I always get an 'invalid syntax' error. Below 
> > there is an
> > example:
> > reg lnsalhora ant* if dhombre==1
> > estimates store dhombre
> > reg lnsalhora ant* if dmujer==1
> > estimates store dmujer
> > jmp dhombre dmujer, statistics(mean)
> > (invalid syntax)
> 
> This is puzzeling. Hipolito, can you please execute the 
> following commands
> 
>   reg lnsalhora ant* if dhombre==1
>   estimates store dhombre
>   reg lnsalhora ant* if dmujer==1
>   estimates store dmujer
>   set trace on
>   jmp dhombre dmujer, statistics(mean)
> 
> and then send me the log file (or the contents of the results 
> window) off-list ([email protected])? 
> 
> ben
> 
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