DAMisc (version 1.3)

logit_cc: Functions for Estimating Interaction Effects in Logit and Probit Models

Description

Norton and Ai (2003) and Norton, Wang and Ai (2004) discuss methods for calculating the appropriate marginal effects for interactions in binary logit/probit models. These functions are direct translations of the Norton, Wang and Ai (2004) Stata code. These functions are not intended to be called by the user directly, rather they are called as needed by intEff.

Usage

logit_cc(obj=obj, int.var=int.var, vars=vars, b=b, X=X) 
   logit_cd(obj=obj, int.var=int.var, vars=vars, b=b, X=X) 
   logit_dd(obj=obj, int.var=int.var, vars=vars, b=b, X=X)
   probit_cc(obj=obj, int.var=int.var, vars=vars, b=b, X=X) 
   probit_cd(obj=obj, int.var=int.var, vars=vars, b=b, X=X) 
   probit_dd(obj=obj, int.var=int.var, vars=vars, b=b, X=X)

Arguments

obj

A binary logit or probit model estimated with glm.

int.var

The name of the interaction variable.

vars

A vector of the two variables involved in the interaction.

b

Coefficients from the glm object.

X

Model matrix from the glm object.

Value

• A data frame with the following variable:
• int_eff
  The correctly calucalted marginal effect.
• linear
  The incorrectly calculated marginal effect following the linear model analogy.
• phat
  Predicted Pr(Y=1|X).
• se_int_eff
  Standard error of int_eff.
• zstat
  The interaction effect divided by its standard error

References

Norton, Edward C., Hua Wang and Chunrong Ai. 2004. Computing Interaction Effects and Standard Errors in Logit and Probit Models. The Stata Journal 4(2): 154-167. Ai, Chunrong and Edward C. Norton. 2003. Interaction Terms in Logit and Probit Models. Economics Letters 80(1): 123-129.

Norton, Edward C., Hua Wang and Chunrong Ai. 2004. inteff: Computing Interaction Effects and Standard Errors in Logit and Probit Models, Stata Code. http://www.stata-journal.com/software/sj4-3/.