Stata — Panel Data
In Stata, panel data (also known as longitudinal data) consists of observations of the same entities—such as individuals, firms, or countries—over multiple time periods
Standard summary statistics often fail to capture the nuances of panel data. Stata provides specialized commands to explore the variation within and between your units. 1. xtdescribe stata panel data
This command calculates the summary statistics for the dependent variable depvar and the independent variable indepvar . In Stata, panel data (also known as longitudinal
xtscc gdp fdi trade gcf, fe lag(2)
