Viewing fixed effect names after estimation; using label in -esttab-

[Amrita Sanyal]

Hello,


I'm running the following code:

label variable outcome ''O"
label variable treatment "T"
label variable cohort "C"
label variable group "G"

reg outcome i.treatment##i.cohort##i.group i.race i.ed income
estimates save reg1

Afterwards, I want to make a table of regression results. So I use:

estimates use reg1
eststo reg1
esttab reg1 using reg1.doc, se r2 label varlabels(_cons Constant) indicate(Controls = *.race *.ed income ) nobaselevels replace


My first question: the above code gives me an error: *.race not found, or *.edu not found. I assume this means Stata is storing the fixed effects in the regression using different names.
How do I access the names that Stata is using (and would recognize in -esttab-)?

My second question: the "label" in the -esttab- is not using all the labels that I assigned. Why is this happening?


Thank you.

Best regards,
Amrita Sanyal.

[Andrew Musau]

Do you have the latest version of estout?

ssc install estout, replace

I do not see why the error occurs. Eventually, if the update does not fix it, provide a data example using dataex that replicates the issue (see FAQ Advice #12 for details).

My second question: the "label" in the -esttab- is not using all the labels that I assigned. Why is this happening?

You do not show any actual Stata output. If the labels are too long, they are stored in a macro `e(labels)', so you need:

varlabels(`e(labels)')

[Nils Enevoldsen]

I would try running esttab with no options (especially not "label"), and seeing what your unlabeled regressors look like.

esttab reg1, varwidth(32)

It may be that *.race and *.edu are absent, perhaps because of collinearity.