Re: st: merge in panel data

[Philipp Rehm <philipp.rehm@gmx.de>]

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This sounds like an -append- problem to me.

append id using ESSE

might do what you want.

HTH,
Philipp

Claudio Cruz Cazares wrote:
> Hi to all,
>
> I'm working with panel data but the data base is split in two files. In one file I have x variables from 1994 to 2002. In the second file I have  the same x variables form 2003 to 2005 and y variables from 1994 to 2005.
>
> After I merge the files, the  x variables are not added into the other file. I have only missing values form 1994 to 2002 and values form 2003 to 2005. The y variables are well merged. I have tried to merge the files in both sense but the problem still remains.
>
> The command I used is :
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> merge id using ESSE
>
> Does anyone knows how can I solve this problem?. 
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