synth_runner

Automation for multiple Synthetic Control estimations in Stata.

Installation

As a pre-requisite, the synth package needs to be installed. (The all option is necessary to install the accompanying dataset used in further examples.)

ssc install synth, all

To install the synth_runner package with Stata v13 or greater

cap ado uninstall synth_runner //in-case already installed
net install synth_runner, from(https://raw.github.com/bquistorff/synth_runner/master/) replace

For Stata version <13, use the "Download ZIP" button above, unzip to a directory, and then replace the above net install with

net install synth_runner, from(full_local_path_to_files) replace

Usage

Note: that the synth package's dataset might have a different name. It was originally uploaded as smoking, then for a while the dataset installed was incorrect (there was a name collision with another package), and now the dataset is correct and named synth_smoking.

sysuse synth_smoking, clear
tsset state year
synth_runner cigsale beer(1984(1)1988) lnincome(1972(1)1988) retprice age15to24 cigsale(1988) cigsale(1980) cigsale(1975), ///
	trunit(3) trperiod(1989) gen_vars
single_treatment_graphs, trlinediff(-1) raw_gname(cigsale1_raw) ///
	effects_gname(cigsale1_effects) effects_ylabels(-30(10)30) effects_ymax(35) effects_ymin(-35)

effect_graphs , trlinediff(-1) effect_gname(cigsale1_effect) tc_gname(cigsale1_tc)
	
pval_graphs , pvals_gname(cigsale1_pval) pvals_std_gname(cigsale1_pval_t)

Help

See the HTML version of the package help or the accompanying article for more info.

Contributing

If you think you've encountered a bug, try installing the latest version. If it still persists see if an existing issue notes this problem. If the problem is new, file a new issue and filling out the checklist so that there is enough information to diagnose the issue.

For developement, there are additional dependencies. If you change help files you will need the package. bash/make are optional (you can look through the makefile and manually run those tasks).