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Panel data sampled at irregular time intervals

Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 10:48 am
by airshu23
Hi,

I have cancer mortalitity data from 1974, 1991, and 2000 for 15 chinese provinces. I am looking at the relationship between gdp per capita and cancer mortality (dependent variable).

How am I supposed to structure the workfile given irregular time inteverals. I think I am supposed to pick "irregular", but I am unsure how to proceed after that.

(I ran a test regression placing cancer mortality data in fictitious years 1998 (data from 1974) ,1999 (data from 1991), and 2000. Would that estimate give the same result?)

Thanks in advance for your help.

Re: Panel data sampled at irregular time intervals

Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 11:02 am
by EViews Gareth
EViews should just automatically detect the panel nature. It won't care about the irregular times.

Re: Panel data sampled at irregular time intervals

Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 11:11 am
by airshu23
Which option do I use to structure the workfile? (I have eviews 6 student version)

Balanced panel with start date of 1974 and end date of 2000, thereby creating observations which will not be filled?

Re: Panel data sampled at irregular time intervals

Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 12:43 pm
by EViews Gareth
Where is the data?