Hello everyone,

I have trouble creating a new variable with my data.
In my data every event_date correspond to a layoff announcement made by a firm. I would like to create a variable that count for the number of downsizing operations announced by firms within the same industry (SIC) for the previous year. I would like different firms to belong to same industry if the first 2 digit of their SIC code is the same.

(1) First I would like to create a new variable that only keep the first to digit of the sic but since SIC is numeric I don’t manage to use the “substr” command
(2A) Then was thinking of using the command above to count the number of announcement made by firm belonging to the same 2 digit-SIC industry each year)
  • bysort YEAR SIC2: gen MIM=_N
(where the variable SIC2 correspond to the first two digit of the variable SI))
However I don’t know how to continue lag the variable to the next year.
I tried the command
  • Gen lagMIM = MIM[_n-1]
But it doesn’t seem to work

This is my first first post on STATA and I made my best to follow the recommendations. However any advice to improve my requests formulation is very welcomed.
Best regards,
N. Ramdani






Code:
* Example generated by -dataex-. To install: ssc install dataex
clear
input str54 name str12 isin int(day date event_day YEAR SIC)
"ERAMET - MARKET VALUE"                                  "FR0000131757"  87 18211 18211 2009 1021
"BOURBON CORP. - MARKET VALUE"                           "FR0004548873"  87 18024 18024 2009 1389
"ROCAMAT DEAD - 12/12/14 - MARKET VALUE"                 "FR0000064255"  87 17898 17898 2009 1411
"IMERYS - MARKET VALUE"                                  "FR0000120859"  87 17924 17924 2009 1422
"DANONE - MARKET VALUE"                                  "FR0000120644"  87 18074 18074 2009 2023
"BONDUELLE - MARKET VALUE"                               "FR0000063935"  87 17939 17939 2009 2033
"OENEO - MARKET VALUE"                                   "FR0000052680"  87 17933 17933 2009 2499
"LAGARDERE GROUPE - MARKET VALUE"                        "FR0000130213"  87 18039 18039 2009 2731
"PCAS - MARKET VALUE"                                    "FR0000053514" 130 18003 18003 2009 2834
"L'OREAL - MARKET VALUE"                                 "FR0000120321"  87 17983 17983 2009 2844
"TOTAL - MARKET VALUE"                                   "FR0000120271"  87 17966 17966 2009 2911
"MICHELIN - MARKET VALUE"                                "FR0000121261"  87 18066 18066 2009 3011
"NEXANS - MARKET VALUE"                                  "FR0000044448"  87 18233 18233 2009 3357
"NEXANS - MARKET VALUE"                                  "FR0000044448"  87 18233 18233 2009 3357
"EXEL INDUSTRIES - MARKET VALUE"                         "FR0004527638"  87 18074 18074 2009 3563
"MECELEC COMPOSITES - MARKET VALUE"                      "FR0000061244"  87 18211 18211 2009 3613
"SEB - MARKET VALUE"                                     "FR0000121709"  87 17940 17940 2009 3634
"THALES - MARKET VALUE"                                  "FR0000121329"  87 18079 18079 2009 3663
"NOVATECH INDUSTRIES B - MARKET VALUE"                   "FR0000185464"  87 17920 17920 2009 3679
"PEUGEOT - MARKET VALUE"                                 "FR0000121501"  87 17937 17937 2009 3711
"BENETEAU - MARKET VALUE"                                "FR0000035164"  87 17996 17996 2009 3732
"TRIGANO - MARKET VALUE"                                 "FR0005691656"  87 17913 17913 2009 3792
"PLSTQ.DU VAL DE LOIRE - MARKET VALUE"                   "FR0013252186"  87 17981 17981 2009 3999
"AIR FRANCE-KLM - MARKET VALUE"                          "FR0000031122"  87 18144 18144 2009 4512
"INDEX MULTIMEDIA DEAD - 08/01/15 - MARKET VALUE"        "FR0004061513"  87 18086 18086 2009 4812
"NEXTRADIOTV DEAD - 08/02/16 - MARKET VALUE"             "FR0010240994"  87 17941 17941 2009 4832
"SAINT GOBAIN - MARKET VALUE"                            "FR0000125007"  87 17912 17912 2009 5039
"DEVERNOIS - MARKET VALUE"                               "FR0000060840"  88 17947 17947 2009 5621
"GROUPE FLO - MARKET VALUE"                              "FR0004076891"  87 17962 17962 2009 5812
"EURAZEO - MARKET VALUE"                                 "FR0000121121"  87 18023 18023 2009 6799
"ACCOR - MARKET VALUE"                                   "FR0000120404"  87 18078 18078 2009 7011
"CLUB MEDITERRANEE DEAD - 23/03/15 - MARKET VALUE"       "FR0000121568"  87 18074 18074 2009 7011
"ALTEN - MARKET VALUE"                                   "FR0000071946"  87 18200 18200 2009 7373
"INFOVISTA (OTC) DEAD - DELIST.13/11/12 - MARKET VALUE"  "FR0004031649"  87 17918 17918 2009 7373
"ATOS - MARKET VALUE"                                    "FR0000051732"  87 17946 17946 2009 7373
"ALTRAN TECHNOLOGIES - MARKET VALUE"                     "FR0000034639"  87 18066 18066 2009 8711
"TELEPERFORMANCE - MARKET VALUE"                         "FR0000051807"  87 18056 18056 2009 8742
"SOITEC - MARKET VALUE"                                  "FR0013227113"  87 17989 17989 2009    .
"LDC - MARKET VALUE"                                     "FR0013204336"  87 18374 18374 2010 2015
"REMY COINTREAU - MARKET VALUE"                          "FR0000130395"  87 18298 18298 2010 2085
"NICOX - MARKET VALUE"                                   "FR0013018124"  87 18569 18569 2010 2834
"ALSTOM - MARKET VALUE"                                  "FR0010220475"  87 18539 18539 2010 3511
"DIGIGRAM - MARKET VALUE"                                "FR0000035784"  87 18295 18295 2010 3571
"ACTIA GROUP - MARKET VALUE"                             "FR0000076655"  87 18560 18560 2010 3694
"ADP - MARKET VALUE"                                     "FR0010340141"  87 18337 18337 2010 4581
"GROUPE GORGE - MARKET VALUE"                            "FR0000062671"  87 18326 18326 2010 5084
"AVENIR TELECOM - MARKET VALUE"                          "FR0000066052"  87 18295 18295 2010 5731
"TECHNICOLOR - MARKET VALUE"                             "FR0010918292"  87 18448 18448 2010 7822
"VALLOUREC - MARKET VALUE"                               "FR0000120354"  87 18933 18933 2011 1389
"ARKEMA - MARKET VALUE"                                  "FR0010313833"  87 18946 18946 2011 2819
"LAFARGEHOLCIM - MARKET VALUE"                           "CH0012214059"  87 18772 18772 2011 3241
"DANE-ELEC MEMORY DEAD - DELIST.03/11/17 - MARKET VALUE" "FR0000036774"  96 18700 18687 2011 3572
"DANE-ELEC MEMORY DEAD - DELIST.03/11/17 - MARKET VALUE" "FR0000036774"  87 18700 18700 2011 3572
"ATARI - MARKET VALUE"                                   "FR0010478248"  87 18736 18736 2011 3944
"ATARI - MARKET VALUE"                                   "FR0010478248"  87 18736 18736 2011 3944
"CASINO GUICHARD-P - MARKET VALUE"                       "FR0000125585"  87 18961 18961 2011 5411
"GENERIX GROUP FRANCE - MARKET VALUE"                    "FR0010501692"  87 18954 18954 2011 7371
"RAMSAY GEN SANTE - MARKET VALUE"                        "FR0000044471"  87 18710 18710 2011 8062
"BOUYGUES - MARKET VALUE"                                "FR0000120503"  87 19177 19177 2012 1611
"LAFUMA - MARKET VALUE"                                  "FR0000035263"  87 19355 19355 2012 2329
"SANOFI - MARKET VALUE"                                  "FR0000120578"  87 19261 19261 2012 2834
"ARCHOS - MARKET VALUE"                                  "FR0000182479"  87 19303 19303 2012 3651
"ALCATEL-LUCENT DEAD - 02/11/16 - MARKET VALUE"          "FR0000130007"  87 19284 19284 2012 3661
"RENAULT - MARKET VALUE"                                 "FR0000131906"  87 19303 19303 2012 3711
"FAURECIA - MARKET VALUE"                                "FR0000121147"  87 19309 19309 2012 3714
"ADP - MARKET VALUE"                                     "FR0010340141"  87 19351 19351 2012 4581
"PIERRE & VACANCES - MARKET VALUE"                       "FR0000073041"  87 19284 19284 2012 7011
"PIERRE & VACANCES - MARKET VALUE"                       "FR0000073041"  87 19284 19284 2012 7011
"OVERLAP GROUPE DEAD - 24/12/14 - MARKET VALUE"          "FR0010759530"  87 19093 19093 2012 7372
"VEOLIA ENVIRON - MARKET VALUE"                          "FR0000124141"  87 19313 19313 2012    .
"AIR LIQUIDE - MARKET VALUE"                             "FR0000120073"  87 19507 19507 2013 2813
"L'OREAL - MARKET VALUE"                                 "FR0000120321"  87 19681 19681 2013 2844
"MICHELIN - MARKET VALUE"                                "FR0000121261"  87 19526 19526 2013 3011
"NEXANS - MARKET VALUE"                                  "FR0000044448"  87 19646 19646 2013 3357
"AIR FRANCE-KLM - MARKET VALUE"                          "FR0000031122"  87 19570 19570 2013 4512
"CAFOM - MARKET VALUE"                                   "FR0010151589"  87 19536 19536 2013 5712
"SODEXO - MARKET VALUE"                                  "FR0000121220"  87 19548 19548 2013 5812
"INSIDE SECURE - MARKET VALUE"                           "FR0010291245"  87 19423 19423 2013 7372
"AIRBUS - MARKET VALUE"                                  "NL0000235190"  87 19701 19701 2013 8741
"ERAMET - MARKET VALUE"                                  "FR0000131757"  87 20009 20009 2014 1021
"VALLOUREC - MARKET VALUE"                               "FR0000120354"  87 19857 19857 2014 1389
"BONDUELLE - MARKET VALUE"                               "FR0000063935"  87 20031 20031 2014 2033
"PERNOD-RICARD - MARKET VALUE"                           "FR0000120693"  87 19892 19892 2014 2085
"KINDY DEAD - DELIST.04/09/17 - MARKET VALUE"            "FR0000052904"  87 19984 19984 2014 2252
"DAMARTEX - MARKET VALUE"                                "FR0000185423"  87 19835 19835 2014 2339
"SEQUANA SUSP - SUSP.08/03/19 - MARKET VALUE"            "FR0011352590"  87 19823 19823 2014 2678
"IPSEN - MARKET VALUE"                                   "FR0010259150"  87 19942 19942 2014 2834
"ALSTOM - MARKET VALUE"                                  "FR0010220475"  87 19828 19828 2014 3511
"THALES - MARKET VALUE"                                  "FR0000121329"  87 19753 19753 2014 3663
"PEUGEOT - MARKET VALUE"                                 "FR0000121501"  87 19753 19753 2014 3711
"TRIGANO - MARKET VALUE"                                 "FR0005691656"  87 19829 19829 2014 3792
"XPO LOGISTICS EUROPE - MARKET VALUE"                    "FR0000052870"  87 20076 20076 2014 4212
"XPO LOGISTICS EUROPE - MARKET VALUE"                    "FR0000052870"  25 20076 20164 2014 4212
"TF1 (TV.FSE.1) - MARKET VALUE"                          "FR0000054900"  87 19990 19990 2014 4833
"SAINT GOBAIN - MARKET VALUE"                            "FR0000125007"  87 19977 19977 2014 5039
"CARREFOUR - MARKET VALUE"                               "FR0000120172"  87 19843 19843 2014 5411
"SOCIETE GENERALE - MARKET VALUE"                        "FR0000130809"  87 19766 19766 2014 6029
"EURASIA GROUPE - MARKET VALUE"                          "FR0010844001"  87 19841 19841 2014 6513
"IMERYS - MARKET VALUE"                                  "FR0000120859"  87 20124 20124 2015 1422
"EIFFAGE - MARKET VALUE"                                 "FR0000130452"  87 20212 20212 2015 1541
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