1. Welcome to the 5th German Stata Users Conference at the RWI Essen
Local Organizer Dr. John P. Haisken-DeNew
April 2, 2007

2. Organizational Info Scientific Committee
StataCorp in College Station Texas
DPC Solingen Authorized Stata Dealer
International Invited 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, Christiane
Kit Baum, Boston College
Ben Jann, ETH Züri
April 2, 2007

3. 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
April 2, 2007

4. The Genesis of Stata The Dark Ages Life 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 time President: 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
April 2, 2007