Re: st: Aggregate and Microdata

[David Jacobs <jacobs.184@sociology.osu.edu>]

Assuming you're using a recent version of Stata, if you use Stata's 
lag operators, the lags won't "spill over" into the prior case.  Just 
put a L. in front of any variable you wish to lag.  And check out the 
time series manual or the help files.
Dave Jacobs

At 04:30 PM 5/18/2009, you wrote:
> Dear Stata Users,
>
> Im using a microdata set. Im estimating aggregates with the data 
> set. The data set is unbalanced. A situation arises when I lag the variables by
> sort  PLANT YEAR STATE COUNTY ECOGROUP FIRM
> quietly by PLANT:  gen Ait1= aggregateprod[_n-1]
>
> It generates missing values for the lag variable of the aggregate, 
> but there should a value(with the exception of the first year), 
> since Ait is the aggregate value by year. How can I change the 
> missing values to the actual values without doing a replace for each 
> year. I thank you in advance for all your help.
> Sincerely,
>
> Luis
> *
> *   For searches and help try:
> *   http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search
> *   http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
> *   http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/

*
*   For searches and help try:
*   http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search
*   http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
*   http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/