--- Vatsalya Srivastava wrote:
> I have a regression equation
> y = bo + b1.x1 + b2.x2 + b3.x2^2 [simple OLS regression]
>
> I need to estimate the standard error of [b2 + b3.x2].
>
> The closest I have come is the nlcom command, which I suppose
> estimates the variance of non linear combinations of estimators only.
What you want is not a single value with a single standard error, but
multiple values, one for each value of x2, with multiple standard errors.
The relevant command in that case is -predictnl-, see -help predictnl-
and the example below:
*------------ begin example ------------------
sysuse nlsw88, clear
gen ttl_exp2 = ttl_exp^2
gen ln_wage = ln(wage)
reg ln_wage union grade ttl_exp ttl_exp2
predictnl effect = ///
_b[ttl_exp] + 2*_b[ttl_exp2]*ttl_exp, ///
ci(lb ub)
sort ttl_exp
twoway rarea lb ub ttl_exp || ///
line effect ttl_exp, ///
clstyle(solid) legend(off) ///
ytitle(effect of ttl_exp) ///
yline(0)
*----------- end example -------------------
(For more on examples I sent to the Statalist see:
http://www.maartenbuis.nl/example_faq )
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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