Thanks you very much for your help.
And yes you are right, i'm only used to -regress- in this context. I
will try to get more about the glm command.
Boris
2008/10/29, Maarten buis <[email protected]>:
> --- Maarten buis <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Another way of thinking about the difference between these two models
>> is that you are modeling the geometric mean of wage, while I am
>> modelling the arithmatic mean of wage.
>
> Below you can see that the two models give largely similar results. So,
> which one should you choose? There is a trade-off here:
>
> On the one hand people in your discipline are apperently used to
> -regress- in this context, but it is a pain to explain that the
> coefficients you report are ratios of geometric means rather than
> ratios of means. There is nothing wrong with geometric means and their
> ratios other than that a lot of people aren't used to them, and start
> getting worried about your analysis when there is no need to be
> worried.
>
> On the other hand, using -glm- will allow you to present your results
> in terms of ratios of means, but apperently people in your discipline
> aren't used to using -glm- in this contex. There is nothing wrong with
> using -glm- in this context other than that a lot of people aren't used
> to it, and start getting worried about your analysis when there is no
> need to be worried.
>
> Maybe the easiest way out is to add a paragraph to your methods section
> where you discuss the difference between the two models. Say that you
> choose one of these and say that you have also used the other model but
> that the results where very similar.
>
> *------------------------- begin example --------------------
> sysuse nlsw88, clear
> gen ttl_exp2 = ttl_exp^2
> gen wage_log = ln(wage)
> gen cons = 1
> reg wage_log ttl_exp ttl_exp2 grade cons, eform("exp(b)") nocons
> glm wage ttl_exp ttl_exp2 grade cons, eform link(log) nocons
> *-------------------------- end example ----------------------
>
> -- Maarten
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