Re: st: RE: How to creata a database for stata and country dummies

[Léon Stam <stamleon@gmail.com>]

Maybe I used the wrong words, but It is no homework but an empirical research. Nevertheless thanks for your help.

Leon


On 9 dec 2010, at 13:35, Nick Cox wrote:

> The Statalist FAQ is clear: 
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> "Please do not post homework questions, and please ignore any that are posted."
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> Otherwise put, as this is, in your own words, an assignment, it appears that you should answer it yourself. 
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> Nick 
> n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk 
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> Léon Stam
> 
> I try to keep it short. For my assignment I have the dependent variable value added and the independent variables R&D expenditure and  unit labor cost for 15 countries and 20 years.
> I have to make a ordinary least square regression (OLS) with a country dummy variable.
> Now I don't know exactly how to make my database and how to make a country dummy. Now I have the years on the vertical axes and on the horizontal axes R&D expenditure per country (R&D germany, R&D france etc), I did this also for the unit labor costs. Or is it easier to put all the R&D expenditure in one column and make another column for the country? Do I have to make the dummy variable in my database or can I use Stata for creating this?
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