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#StataTip: display a variable's label by writing --`"`: var label VARNAME'"'-- (watch out for the right quotation marks!). This can be useful, e.g. for labelling #Stata figures

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StataTex Blog @statatexblog.com · 20/08/2026

#Statatip: avoid Stata varlists var1-var8: they are not containing var1, var2, ..., var8 but rather all variables that are ordered between var1 and var8

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StataTex Blog @statatexblog.com · 18/08/2026

#LaTeXTip: use \FloatBarrier to keep figures and tables in place (requires \usepackage{placeins})

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StataTex Blog @statatexblog.com · 17/08/2026

Using locals and loops to generate long strings bit.ly/3eLTs5n

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StataTex Blog @statatexblog.com · 16/08/2026

#Statatip: always define your #Stata version in your do-file with e.g. "version 17" - this can be crucial for replicating results later #econsky

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StataTex Blog @statatexblog.com · 13/08/2026

#LatexTip: to avoid #LaTeX breakin words over two lines, use \mbox{nolinebreakword}. To suggest hyphenation, use "\-" (e.g., "cau\-sal")

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StataTex Blog @statatexblog.com · 10/08/2026

Using loops in LaTeX documents (e.g. to include large number of figures) bit.ly/3wZRTqw #econsky

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StataTex Blog @statatexblog.com · 04/08/2026

How To Write the Abstract of Your Development Economics Paper (@DaveEvansPhD) www.cgdev.org/blog/how-write-abstra…

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StataTex Blog @statatexblog.com · 02/08/2026

Using loops in LaTeX documents (e.g. to include large number of figures) bit.ly/3wZRTqw #econsky

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StataTex Blog @statatexblog.com · 30/07/2026

#StataTip: variable lists selected by "*" select all variables. To select all but a few (e.g. "year") write --ds year, not-- and get all variables but the one specified (results stored in local `r(varlist)') – thank you #NickCox!

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StataTex Blog @statatexblog.com · 29/07/2026

Combining strings into one variable bit.ly/3hZlV9M

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StataTex Blog @statatexblog.com · 24/07/2026

Colored cells in LaTeX Tables with overlay bit.ly/36WrHCE

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StataTex Blog @statatexblog.com · 22/07/2026

Track Changes in LaTeX and compare documents bit.ly/3iIim6T

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StataTex Blog @statatexblog.com · 20/07/2026

Add normal distribution to kernel density plot in #Stata bit.ly/3VCld4y

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StataTex Blog @statatexblog.com · 18/07/2026

#LaTeXTip: use \beamertemplatenavigationsymbolsempty in the preamble to hide beamertex's menu buttons

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