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Cleaning up messy (string) variables in #Stata https://statatexblog.com/82 #econsky

Separate axis labels in #Stata https://statatexblog.com/2024/09/03/separate-axis-labels-in-stata/

CfP reminder: SOLE 2027 Deadline: Oct 31, 2026 Conference: Baltimore (April 2027) More conferences: https://statatexblog.com/conferences

Create balanced panels in Stata using tsfill: https://statatexblog.com/2025/09/02/create-balanced-panels-in-stata/

Economics journals BibTex styles (.bst) #bibtex #latex #econsky https://bit.ly/3rmpkDS

Remove blanks from string variables in Stata https://bit.ly/3zpaxKb

A short list of freely available econometrics resources - which ones do you like? https://statatexblog.com/free-econometrics-resources/ Our highlights are Scott Cunningham’s The Mixtape https://mixtape.scunning.com Nick Huntington-Klein’s The effect book: https://theeffectbook.net/ AEA:…

All things #LaTeX https://statatexblog.com/all-things-latex/

Weekly data: calendar week vs. Stata weeks https://bit.ly/2WbfCYm #econsky

Include entire PDF files in your LaTeX document https://bit.ly/3x3rXui

Formatting text in Stata figures (italics, bold, greek letters) https://bit.ly/3Btnbtw

List of useful Stata resources https://bit.ly/3iGgj3n

Line spacing in LaTeX footnotes https://bit.ly/3eOeKiS

#LaTeXTip: remove equation numbering for separate lines by adding "\notag" before \\ in the align environment. Use \begin{align*} and \end{align*} to switch off numbering entirely

Automatically update Scopus citation counts in your LaTeX CV using GitHub + Google Apps Script. Clean, automated, and LaTeX-safe. https://bit.ly/citationtracker

#LaTeXTip: create printable versions of your #beamertex slides with overlays by adding ”handout” to the document class options: \documentclass[handout]{beamer}

CfP reminder: Nordic Public Policy Symposium Deadline: Oct 11, 2026 Conference: Helsinki (December 2026) More conferences: https://statatexblog.com/conferences

Awesome text by Lea Bottmer, guido imbens, Jason Weitze and Mary Wooters: "An Undergraduate Course in Causality" https://hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/uynpjlow/release/1s

Our list with very (!) useful string functions in #Stata https://bit.ly/3rZR9BQ

Format how locals are displayed in #Stata https://bit.ly/3nJgZIg

Line spacing in LaTeX footnotes https://bit.ly/3eOeKiS

#StataTip: to list all globals and locals that are currently active, write --macro list-- #Stata

Add current date to #Stata file names (and others) https://bit.ly/3gDfvvB

#Statatip: always define your #Stata version in your do-file with e.g. "version 17" - this can be crucial for replicating results later #econsky

Our list with very (!) useful string functions in #Stata https://bit.ly/3rZR9BQ

Recover Stata code from .gph files https://bit.ly/36VOwqk

Remove blanks from string variables in Stata https://bit.ly/3zpaxKb

#LaTeXTip: tilde is not writen by $\tilde$ but by $\infty$

Data storage type matters https://bit.ly/3x0cQSw

Using question marks and stars in strings in #Stata https://bit.ly/3eN7vI1 #econsky

Save and use temporary files in #Stata: tempfile my_temp_file ... merge 1:1 id using `my_temp_file'

Formatting text in Stata figures (italics, bold, greek letters) https://bit.ly/3Btnbtw

Follow new journal articles via RSS-feeds https://bit.ly/2UDo8Pm

List of economics journals accepting short papers https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19eOOIIIRitfCOcsFbGHQseiVSg35sNyxATCIcE-G5h0/edit #econsky

Export single numbers from #Stata to #LaTeX or #MSWord https://statatexblog.com/89 #econsky

Combining strings into one variable https://bit.ly/3hZlV9M

#LaTeXtip: change LaTeX's fixed names https://texfaq.org/FAQ-fixnam

Recording time #Stata needs for running a file https://bit.ly/3x3vSHm #econsky

DOI to BibTex Converter https://bit.ly/3eL5E6p

#RandomTip: convert PDF tables to Excel https://pdftables.com

Collection of resources for getting into LaTeX, #beamertex, #bibtex and more https://www.statatexblog.com/latex-resources/

Curated working paper newsletters from @repec_org: http://nep.repec.org #econsky

Stata condition for batch or interactive mode https://bit.ly/49ximAY #econsky

CfP reminder: COPE 2027 Deadline: Sep 1, 2026 Conference: Tokyo (March 2027) More conferences: https://statatexblog.com/conferences

Create balanced panels in Stata using tsfill: https://statatexblog.com/2025/09/02/create-balanced-panels-in-stata/

#StataTip: display a variable's label by writing --`"`: var label VARNAME'"'-- (watch out for the right quotation marks!). This can be useful, e.g. for labelling #Stata figures

Graphics from Word to Latex https://bit.ly/3Bwc7vL

#Statatip: avoid Stata varlists var1-var8: they are not containing var1, var2, ..., var8 but rather all variables that are ordered between var1 and var8

#LaTeXTip: use \FloatBarrier to keep figures and tables in place (requires \usepackage{placeins})

Using locals and loops to generate long strings https://bit.ly/3eLTs5n