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st: ineqdeco Theil
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"Stephen P. Jenkins" <[email protected]>
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st: ineqdeco Theil
Date
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:47:21 -0000
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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:27:36 +0100
From: muhammed abdul khalid <[email protected]>
Subject: st: ineqdeco Theil
Dear Stata list
How do we decompose the inequality (Theil Index) using the command
ineqdeco?
I tried to decompose the income by race AND strata, but it wont work. This
is what i wrote at the command
ineqdeco income , by (race strata)
If I do just by race , it works. same with strata or any other grouping. Is
it possible to decompose by more than one group?
Thank you so much in advance
Muhammed
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There is no reason why -ineqdeco- should do what you want directly: the syntax refers to a "varname", not "varlist", for the -by()- option.
If you wish to do a multi-way decomposition, then you can do it as suggested in the -ineqdeco-/-inedqdec0- help file. First create the multi-group variable, and then do the decomposition:
egen raceXstrata = group(race strata) // Warning: ensure obs with missing values are treated as desired
ineqdeco income, by(raceXstrata)
Avoid inserting additional spaces in your commands.
Also ensure you have the latest versions of the programs: check with -adoupdate- or -ssc install-.
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Stephen (author of -ineqdeco-, -ineqdec0-)
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