How can I add a fixed effect model label to an estout table?

Question

Below you can find my code:

#delimit;

local fixed_effect \"Yes\";

estout pre_post using output.xls, cells(b(star fmt(4) keep(post 
`ctrlVars\')) t(par fmt(2) k         


        

Answer 1

I can reproduce your problem using Stata's toy dataset auto as follows:

sysuse auto, clear

regress price mpg headroom length

#delimit;

esttab ., cells(b(star fmt(4)) t(par fmt(2))) 
legend starlevels( * 0.10 ** 0.05 *** 0.010) stats(r2 N
label("Industry fixed effects" "Adjusted R-squared")) varlabels(_cons 
Constant);

( invalid name
"Industry fixed effects invalid name
"Adjusted R-squared invalid name
) invalid name
r(7);

This error happens because you are using the options of the community-contributed command estout incorrectly: labels() is a sub-option of stats() and thus it has to be separated using a comma. In addition, you need the standalone option mlabels() to specify a custom model name:

esttab ., cells(b(star fmt(4)) t(par fmt(2))) legend ///
starlevels(* 0.10 ** 0.05 *** 0.010) stats(r2 N, labels("Adjusted R-squared")) ///
mlabels("Industry FEs") varlabels(_cons Constant)

----------------------------
                      (1)   
             Industry FEs   
                      b/t   
----------------------------
mpg             -174.3133*  
                  (-1.99)   
headroom        -520.2934   
                  (-1.23)   
length            31.3659   
                   (1.30)   
Constant        5540.3487   
                   (0.94)   
----------------------------
Adjusted R~d       0.2454   
N                 74.0000   
----------------------------
* p<0.10, ** p<0.05, *** p<0.010

Note that delimit also appears to cause some issues.

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EDIT:

You need to use estadd for that:

sysuse auto, clear

regress price mpg headroom length

estadd local fe Yes

esttab ., cells(b(star fmt(4)) t(par fmt(2))) legend ///
starlevels(* 0.10 ** 0.05 *** 0.010) stats(fe r2 N, ///
labels("Industry FE" "Adjusted R-squared")) ///
mlabels("Industry FEs") varlabels(_cons Constant)


----------------------------
                      (1)   
             Industry FEs   
                      b/t   
----------------------------
mpg             -174.3133*  
                  (-1.99)   
headroom        -520.2934   
                  (-1.23)   
length            31.3659   
                   (1.30)   
Constant        5540.3487   
                   (0.94)   
----------------------------
Industry FE           Yes   
Adjusted R~d       0.2454   
N                 74.0000   
----------------------------
* p<0.10, ** p<0.05, *** p<0.010