How about loading original wide data again
and doing a reshape of just the two variables
you forgot:
. reshape long var4-var5, i(id) j(year)
and then saving it as a temp dataset,
then load your first long dataset and then
merge on this second long data?
HTH,
Dan Blanchette
Research Associate
Center of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Duke University's Fuqua School of Business
[email protected]
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