gen lnw=ln(incwage) * Educational variables gen prim=educrec==1|educrec==2|educrec==3 gen highschdropout=educrec==4|educrec==5|educrec==6 gen highsch=educrec==7 gen somecol=educrec==8 gen colmore=educrec==9 gen educ=0 replace educ=2.5 if educrec==2 replace educ=6.5 if educrec==3 replace educ=9 if educrec==4 replace educ=10 if educrec==5 replace educ=11 if educrec==6 replace educ=12 if educrec==7 replace educ=14 if educrec==8 replace educ=16 if educrec==9 drop educrec gen age2=age^2 gen race=racblk-1 gen hispanic=0 replace hispanic=1 if hispan>0 bys pwmetro: egen ctycom=mean(trantime) bys pwmetro: egen emp=sum(perwt) gen lemp=ln(emp) bys pwmetro occ: egen empocc=sum(perwt) gen lempocc=ln(empocc)