Thanks Kit for this clarification!
2008/6/20 Kit Baum <[email protected]>:
> < >
> With a caveat: if the right-hand variable is an indicator, or dummy
> variable, mfx will by default give you the effect of changing 0 to 1, and
> indicate same on the output. This is not an infinitesimal change in the
> variable, as that makes no sense for an indicator variable.
>
> Kit Baum, Boston College Economics and DIW Berlin
> http://ideas.repec.org/e/pba1.html
> An Introduction to Modern Econometrics Using Stata:
> http://www.stata-press.com/books/imeus.html
>
>
> On Jun 20, 2008, at 02:33 , Maarten wrote:
>
>> - -mfx- will give you the first derivative, that is, the slope at a
>> choses value of x, while -margeff- will compare two points on the curve
>> one unit apart around that value. So -margeff- will give a discrete
>> approximation of the derivative.
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