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Welcome to the 5th GermanStata Users
Conference at the RWI Essen
Local OrganizerDr. John P. Haisken-DeNew
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Organizational Info
ScientificCommittee StataCorp inCollege
StationTexas DPC SolingenAuthorizedStata
Dealer InternationalInvited Guests

• Uli Kohler, WZB Berlin
• Johannes Gieseke, Uni Mannheim
• John Haisken-DeNew, RWI Essen
• Special Thanks To
• Bill Gould
• Bill Rising
• Anke Mrosek, Axel, Helga, Christianehttp//www.dp
  c.de
• Kit Baum, Boston College
• Ben Jann, ETH Züri

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Structure of the RWI Essen
Board Basics Individual Firm Macro

• CM Schmidt, T Bauer, W Kösters
• Economics Think Tank
• 100 Staff about 60 Researchers
• Home to the Ruhr Graduate School
• Cooperation Uni Essen/Bochum/Dortmund
• Labor Markets, Population and Health
• Migration, Integration and Education
• Empirical Industrial Organization
• Environment and Resources
• Growth and Cycles
• Public Finance

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The Genesis of Stata
The Dark AgesLife Starts... Period of
Enlightenment Today

• In the beginning, it was very dark...In Mordor,
  nine rings were forged...
• In 1985, Stata released for the first
  timePresident Bill Gould
• ... time passes ...
• Stata 7 allows windowing, drop-downs
• Stata 8 introduces killer graphics, Stata/SE
• Stata 9 introduces Mata, Stata/MP
• What are the new developments in Stata?- Users-
  StataCorp