Causal inference has become the lingua franca of applied microeconomics. Stata 18 introduces or significantly enhances three pivotal commands.
StataNow remains StataCorp’s "rolling release" channel. is the stable baseline; StataNow users already had some features like putpptx . However, Stata 18 makes them official and fully supported. Stata 18
Stata 18 is available for Windows (including ARM), macOS (Apple Silicon native), and Linux. The graphical interface and command syntax are identical across platforms, facilitating collaboration. Causal inference has become the lingua franca of
: Peer-reviewed journals in economics, political science, and public health now demand robust causal identification. Stata 18 provides the canonical methods out-of-the-box, saving you from hunting for user-written commands. macOS (Apple Silicon native)
: Updated default color schemes and styles give visualizations a more modern appearance immediately.