Tips and Tricks

Generically

Use the project template: https://github.com/labordynamicsinstitute/paper-template

Stata

Use tools to write out estimates to tables/datasets, rather than pre-formatting tables (lock-in!) or (horror!) manually pasting:

• estout – Making regression tables in Stata
• estwrite: store estimation results in a Stata dataset on disk

Use tools to display coefficients, rather than endless lists:

• coefplot – Plotting regression coefficients and other estimates in Stata

Use a single setup file that installs all Stata packages:

• setup_stata.do