Centering and reference groups for estimates of fixed effects: Modifications to felsdvreg

Stata Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-103

  Mihaly, Kata ^a   McCaffrey, Daniel F ^a   Lockwood, J R ^a   Sass, Tim R ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Felsdvreg; Felsdvregdm; Fixed effects; Linked employer employee data; Longitudinal achievement data; St0185

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955029333     PISSN: 1536867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1536867x1001000109     Document Type: Article

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