Using STATA

Workflow and File Management

Here’s a quick workflow for starting a new project, which incorporates the key ideas of reproducible research using Stata:

1. Create a new folder with name peco-4980-thesis.

2. Open your text editor or Stata and create a new do file. Name it 000-setup-mac.do to prepare the project directories. Or you can download the same file from here and paste it in the folder.

3. Save and run the do file within Stata to set up your project directories. Code below is just for review from the same do file.

```{stata}
* Define the base project directory | According to your system
global project_dir "/path/to/your/project/directory"

* Function to create directories
cap program drop create_folder
program define create_folder
    args folder_path
    if !fileexists("`folder_path'") {
        mkdir "`folder_path'"
    }
end

* Create Main Folders
create_folder "$project_dir/Data"
create_folder "$project_dir/Data/Raw"
create_folder "$project_dir/Data/Clean"

create_folder "$project_dir/Scripts"
create_folder "$project_dir/Scripts/Stata-Scripts"

create_folder "$project_dir/Outputs"
create_folder "$project_dir/Outputs/Figures"
create_folder "$project_dir/Outputs/Tables"
create_folder "$project_dir/Outputs/Text"

* Print confirmation message
di "Project directory and subfolders have been created successfully."
```

3. Save your raw datasets in ..Data/Raw folder.

Variable Creation and Merging Datasets

Use the file here with apporpriate modifications.