clear open "/Users/jcaceres/Google Drive/jcd/carlos3/2020_2021/AE/new_material/Smoking.gdt" genr age2=age*age list edu= hsdrop hsgrad colsome colgrad list race=black hispanic list demo=female age age2 #The educational binary indicators refer to the highest level attained and thus are mutually exclusive. #An individual with a Master’s degree or higher has values of 0 for hsdrop, hsgrad, colsome, and colgrad #Linear probability model #What is the probability of smoking for someone in the sample?; for workers facing smoking bans?; what about the workers who are not facing smoking bans #What is the difference in the probability of smoking between the workers facing this restriction and the rest of individuals? ols smoker const smkban --robust #Are workers in jobs with smoking bans similar to the ones to those in other jobs? How do you explian this? ols smkban const edu --robust ols smkban const race --robust ols smkban const demo --robust #Conditional on education, race and other demographic controls, do smoking bans affect the probability of smoking? #How do explain the difference respect to the unconditional model? ols smoker const smkban edu race demo --robust genr bl=$coeff #Does education have an impact on the probability? omit edu --quiet #Does age effect is linear? How do you explain this relation? genr age_aster=-bl[10]/(2*bl[11]) #What is the marginal effect of age for an individual that is 20 years of age? genr mg20L=bl[10]+2*bl[11]*20 #Use a probit model to estimate the probability of smoking for an average 20 years old dropout white man who does not face smoking bans. Compare this probability #How does the probability change for a similar worker facing smoking bans? probit smoker const smkban edu race demo --robust genr bp=$coeff #Linear model genr PL=bl[1]+bl[2]*0+bl[3]+bl[10]*20+bl[11]*400 #Probit model genr zA0=bp[1]+bp[2]*0+bp[3]+bp[10]*20+bp[11]*400 genr PA0=cdf(N,zA0) genr zA1=bp[1]+bp[2]*1+bp[3]+bp[10]*20+bp[11]*400 genr PA1=cdf(N, zA1) #Effect smoking bans for Mr A genr SB_IA=PA1-PA0 #Therefore the workplace bans would reduce the probability of smoking by 0.0623 (6.23%) for an individual with these characteristics. #What would be the impact of smoking bans for a 40 years old black woman with a college degree (Mrs B)? genr zB0=bp[1]+bp[6]+bp[7]+bp[9]+bp[10]*40+bp[11]*40*40 genr zB1=bp[1]+bp[2]+bp[6]+bp[7]+bp[9]+bp[10]*40+bp[11]*40*40 genr SB_IB=cdf(N, zB1)-cdf(N,zB0) #The probability of Ms. B smoking without the workplace ban is 0.143 and the probability of smoking #with the workplace ban is 0.110. Therefore the workplace bans would reduce the probability of smoking by .033 (3.3%). #What is the impact of smoking bans for Mr A and Mrs B? #Calculate the marginal effect of age for MrA and Mrs B with and without smoking bans genr MgIA1=pdf(N, zA1)*(bp[10]+2*bp[11]*20) genr MgIA0=pdf(N, zA0)*(bp[10]+2*bp[11]*20) genr MgIB1=pdf(N, zB1)*(bp[10]+2*bp[11]*40) genr MgIB0=pdf(N, zB0)*(bp[10]+2*bp[11]*40)