StataTex Blog

tips for Stata LaTeX and other useful resources for economists

Author: Jan Sauermann

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#econjobmarket related resources: https://bit.ly/3rGnnRT
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#RandomTip: convert PDF tables to Excel https://pdftables.com
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#LaTeXTip: scandinavian letters in LaTeX can be written without usepackage as \aa(å), \AA (Å), \”a (ä), \”A (Ä), \”o (ö), \”O (Ö), \o (ø), \ae (æ) and \AE (Æ) – remember to add an extra space after the command
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#LaTeXTip: add one or multiple “\,”, “\:” or “\;” for extra spacing – “\!” is the negative equivalent to “\,”
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Curated working paper newsletters from @repec_org: http://nep.repec.org #econtwitter
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List of useful Stata resources https://bit.ly/3iGgj3n
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#LaTeXTip: use \FloatBarrier to keep figures and tables in place (requires \usepackage{placeins})
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Claudia Goldin & Lawrence Katz: The Ten Most Important Rules of Writing Your Job Market Paper
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Handout-mode in LaTeX slides
Stata, Stata – Figures, Stata – Formatting Output

Supress labels in Stata figures