Re: st: xi:reg command dropping numerous dummies

["Hans J. Baumgartner" <hbaumgartner@diw.de>]

Hi Robert,

time invariant variables cannot be estimated by a fixed effect model. 
But you seem to estimated a pooled model, i.e. an OLS. In that case I 
guess that some values of _code_, i.e. those who are dropped, are 
colinear with either var1 or var2. If this is the case, you could 
combine some categories of _code_.

Best wishes
Hans

Robert Gaskell schrieb:


> Statalist,
>
> I am using the xi:reg to simulate a fixed-effects (xtreg, fe)
> regression, so that I am able to use importance weights, in the form:
>
> xi: reg var1 var2 var3 i.code [iweight=var4]
>
> However, I am finding that many of dummies (a little under half) are
> being dropped by Stata.  This doesn't impact upon the results that I
> am interested in (the coefficients of var2/var3), but I would be
> interested to know why this is happening and how it could potentially
> be fixed.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Robert Gaskell
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