Dear All,
I use the margins command with -eyex- to estimate some elasticities.
margins, eyex(income) atmeans
My objective is to caclulate the elasticities for different population groups. However, when I use the income in the regression to specify the population groups for which I want to estimate the elasticity, then the margins command take into account the means for this specific population group.
In terms of comparability of elasticity, I think it's much better to estimate the margins at the means for the whole sample for all population groups (because otherwise the elasticity estimates are driven by the sample means of each population group and may be misleading). Is it possible using margins command (i.e. to specify all the values of the means for all variables for which I have controlled, in order to be the means of the whole sample)?
Best wishes,
Nikos
I use the margins command with -eyex- to estimate some elasticities.
margins, eyex(income) atmeans
My objective is to caclulate the elasticities for different population groups. However, when I use the income in the regression to specify the population groups for which I want to estimate the elasticity, then the margins command take into account the means for this specific population group.
In terms of comparability of elasticity, I think it's much better to estimate the margins at the means for the whole sample for all population groups (because otherwise the elasticity estimates are driven by the sample means of each population group and may be misleading). Is it possible using margins command (i.e. to specify all the values of the means for all variables for which I have controlled, in order to be the means of the whole sample)?
Best wishes,
Nikos
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