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st: RE: Smallest observation
bysort indiv: gen byte index =_n != 1
Scott
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> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 6:52 AM
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> Subject: st: Smallest observation
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> I am trying to create an index for each individual in an
> unbalanced panel. The index should take the value 0 for the
> first time series observation for the individual and 1 for
> all other values.
>
> My problem is that I can't find the right syntax to replace
> the index with 0 if this is the first time series
> observation. How do I refer to the smallest observation in a
> conditional statement?
>
> gen s = 1
> bysort indiv: rep s = 0 if year == smallest(year)?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Carl Nelson
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