Re: st: solving for unobserved hetereogeneity with two simultaneousequations

[Partha Deb <partha.deb@hunter.cuny.edu>]

David,

I'm assuming that "FP clinic is located within 5 Kms of the community" is in 
equation 1, i.e., that is your endogenous treatment.  If so, you have 2 
choices that capture the spirit of what you want to do

1. Estimate a bivariate probit (-biprobit-).  The advantage is that the model 
respects the binary nature of your dependent variables.  The disadvantage is 
that it makes a parametric assumption about the distribution (which, of 
course, you did with the logit).

2. Estimate a linear simultaneous equations system (-ivregress-, -ivreg2-). 
It is not designed explicitly for binary variables, but is less parametric and 
is not inappropriate.

If you aren't thinking about endogeneity, you can use -biprobit- or -sur-.

Good luck.

Partha


Ojakaa David wrote:

> I have two equations that try to control for unobserved heterogeneity.
>
> Equation 1 (Binary logit): P(having an annual birth)= effects of individual factors + effects of community factors (for example access to FP clinics)+.....
>  
> Equation 2: (Binary logit): P(FP clinic is located within 5 Kms of the community)= effects of community characteristics + ........
>  
> What is the stata code that I should use to solve for the two equations simultaneously?
>
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