Program + Foreach

[Sebastian Faundez]

Hi there,

I am a new user here in this forum, so this is my first thread. My question:

I am trying to run the following code combining in some sense both the foreach and program commands. However, for some reason I am not able to execute it properly. If someone can see the mistake, please let know how to solve it. Thank you in advance for you time.

program define myboot, rclass
args x
reg `x' elig esse elig_esse [aw=k_`x'] if select1==1 & esse!=0, robust
local a = _b[elig]
reg qu_m1 elig esse elig_esse [aw=k_`x'] if select1==1 & esse!=0, robust
local b = _b[elig]
return scalar ratio = a/b
end

foreach var of varlist lncn lnwr lnfoodh lnfoodout lnleisure lnotro lngasto {

bootstrap ratio_`var'=r(ratio), reps(50): myboot `var'

}
capture program drop myboot

[FernandoRios]

Hi Sebastian
One tip for future troubleshooting Bootstrap bugs. Run the command on its own, without bootstrap, twice, to see if that reports any problem
If you do that, you will see it says. "a not found"

where "a" is your local.
substitute
return scalar ratio = a/b
with
return scalar ratio = `a'/`b'
HTH
Fernando

[Sebastian Faundez]

Thank you Fernando! now it worked perfectly.