--- Sami Haile wrote:
> Thanks for the Reply. What I am intedning to do is to see what
> affects market participation and volume of sells/purchases. My
> dependent variable for the selection equation( ordered probit) is
> Market participation whic is 0 for net buyer, 1 Autarkic and 2 For
> net seller.
> independent variables include household heade gender, household heade
> age, household heade age squared, household size, dependancy ratio,
> household assets, land, herd size, animal birth, animal theft and
> income (instrumented with herd size, land area, animal birth, animal
> theft, household size and education)
>
> My dependent variable of the second step regression is net market
> (which is quantity sold or bought)
> and independent variables include household heade gender, household
> heade age, household heade age squared, household size, dependancy
> ratio, household assets, land, herd size, animal birth, animal theft
> and income (instrumented with herd size, land area, animal birth,
> animal theft, household size and education)
> I tried to do it this way:
> oheckman net market =household heade gender, household heade age,
> household heade age squared, household size, dependancy ratio,
> household assets, land, herd size, animal birth, animal theft and
> income select (Market surplus=household heade gender, household heade
> age, household heade age squared, household size, dependancy ratio,
> household assets, land, herd size, animal birth, animal theft and
> income)
>
> I got I got a Warning: Two-step initial estimate of rho0 = 1.1182849
> truncated to +/-.85.
> Warning: Two-step initial estimate of rho1 = . truncated to +/-.85.
> It couldnt run at all..... Sometimes it also says logliklihood isnt
> concave....This is when I tried it with the default FMLE, when I
> tried it with two step some times it gives me solution but with the
> warning that rho is out side [-1,1]... Can you tell me what could be
> the reason? The Other thing is After the ordered probit or selection
> equation I expected two regressions only, one for net sellers and one
> for net buyers assumimng that the Autarkic will show up in both
> regressions.....But I got three regressions for each of them....Is
> that the way it should be? If now what is the command to get two
> regressions afre ordered probit selection model.
I don't know, that's one of the reasons why you should reply to the
Statalist and not to individual member, see the Statalist FAQ point 5.
-- Maarten
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