April 20, 2009
David Roodman's new working paper explains the computer program he wrote to implement a statistical technique known as conditional mixed-process modeling. The paper follows in the tradition of his "How to Do xtabond2," which documents one of the most popular add-ons to the commercial statistical package Stata and has been CGD's most downloaded publication. As Roodman explains on his Microfinance Open Book Blog, he is using the new program to reexamine studies of the impact of microcredit on borrowers' welfare.