Re: st: suest mlogit equation not found error

[natalia malancu <natalia.malancu@gmail.com>]

Thank you, Fernando. It worked fine.

Natalia

On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 7:46 PM, Fernando Rios Avila <f.rios.a@gmail.com> wrote:
> My Apologies.
> I think i know what the problem is. Since I don't know how exactly
> your data and results look like, i thought i might create a different
> example.
> . webuse sysdsn4
>
> qui mlogit insure age if male==1, base(1)
>      estimates store m1
> qui mlogit insure age if male==0, base(1)
>      estimates store m2
>   suest m1 m2
>
>   test ([m1_Prepaid=m2_Prepaid]) ([m1_Uninsure=m2_Uninsure])
>
> I think this code does what you want to do (in a very simple
> framework). You might need to adjust it accordingly.
> Fernando
>
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 1:24 PM, natalia malancu
> <natalia.malancu@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Fernando,
>>
>> to my understanding & based on what I read in previous posts about -suest- that
>> specification applies only when referring regress. I tried it anyway and
>> I'm getting the same error.
>>
>> Natalia
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 6:45 PM, Fernando Rios Avila <f.rios.a@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Natalia,
>>> I haven't personally done a Chow test using an Mlogit model, however I
>>> believe the right syntax is:
>>>  mlogit Y x1 x2 x3 if period==0, base (0)
>>>  est store model1
>>>  mlogit Y x1 x2 x3 if period==1, base (0)
>>>  est store model2
>>>
>>>  suest model1 model2
>>>  test [ model1_mean=mode2_mean]
>>>
>>> Look at example 2 of the -suest- help file.
>>> Fernando
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 10:14 AM, natalia malancu
>>> <natalia.malancu@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Hi all,
>>> >
>>> > I estimate a mlogit model on two different periods of the same
>>> > sample. Then I want to test if there is a structural change. My
>>> > question is: how do I do Chow Test in stata in this case?
>>> >
>>> > At this point I tried using the -suest- command as follows:
>>> >
>>> > mlogit Y x1 x2 x3 if period==0, base (0)
>>> > est store model1
>>> > mlogit Y x1 x2 x3 if period==1, base (0)
>>> > est store model2
>>> >
>>> > suest model1 model2
>>> > test [ model1=mode2]
>>> >
>>> > but I keep receiving the following error:
>>> >
>>> > "equation model1 not found"
>>> >
>>> > I have also tried test[model1_Y=model2_Y] with similar limited success.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks for helping,
>>> > Natalia
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