Comparing coefficients in multinomial logit

[Michael Sinnige]

We have a model consisting of 3 levels (country, country + year, individual case). The dependent variable has three possible outcomes. To compare the coefficients, we standardized (using std function) the variables.

Model

 gsem (i.uitstroombinnentweejaartot_nom <- i.year c.leeftijd_beslissing1 c.leeftijd_sq c.doorlooptijd_nieuw2 sq_proc_duur native_counselor i.family_composition opvangcap_2log i.urbanisation lnGDP_cap_PPP2 GDP_growth freedom_PTaveragemin1 freedom_PTaverageverschil CorruptionPerceptionIndex i.EUvisa i.potentialEUMember i.schengenvisarequired M1[Number] M2[Number>countryyear]), nocapslatent difficult latent(M1 M2) mlogit

What is unclear to me

• Do we need to standardize all variables or only the continuous variables (we standardized also the dummy variables)
• Can we compare coefficients between outcome categories or only within one of the outcome categories?

kind regards,

Michael Sinnige