Thanks for the clarification.
But what should I do after running xtlogit , in order to get results on average marginal effect that are comparable to "logit" and then "margins, dydx(*)"? I have looked at the help files but could not figure this out.
--- On Mon, 11/30/09, Martin Weiss <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Martin Weiss <[email protected]>
> Subject: st: AW: marginal effects after xtlogit
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Monday, November 30, 2009, 4:54 PM
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> <>
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> Note that the default prediction after -xtlogit, re- is the
> linear
> prediction, as seen in -help xtlogit postestimation-. For
> -logit-, it is the
> probability. I guess this is the source of the confusion:
> -margins- uses the
> default -predict- option after the respective estimation
> command, unless
> instructed otherwise...
>
>
>
>
> HTH
> Martin
>
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> Im Auftrag von Shuaizhang Feng
> Gesendet: Montag, 30. November 2009 22:13
> An: [email protected]
> Betreff: st: marginal effects after xtlogit
>
> Dear list:
>
> I just found that after using xtlogit (re), the command
> "margins, dydx(*)"
> produce identical average marginal effects as the estimated
> coefficents.
> This is for both discrete and continuous explanatory
> variables. Using the
> same command following logit seems OK. Is this some kind of
> error on stat's
> side?
>
> Thank you for any response.
>
> Shuaizhang
>
>
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