Your best bet is probably to -tsset- in
terms of a time variable that is years/5, so
that -tsset- no longer perceives gaps.
Nick
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risti permani
> This might be a simple problem for those who are familiar
> with STATA, but it
> really makes me confused.
>
> so, I have panel data
> the period is in 5 year interval - across countries.
> and I need to tsset the data before using xtabond and xtivreg fd
> the format of my data are something like this:
>
> isocode yr income
> 1 1965 1230
> 1 1970 1450
> :
> :
> 1 2000 3670
> 2 1965 2345
> 2 1970 3400
> :
> :
>
> so how to tsset the data
> I've tried to do this:
>
> tsset isocode yr
>
> then it appears on the result box:
>
> panel variable: isocode, 1 to 18
> time variable: yr, 1965 to 2000, but with gaps
>
> then, I put command for xtivreg
> but then the result is "no observation"
>
> so my QUESTION: what command should I put to state 5 year
> interval and make
> it work?
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