Replication instructions for "Job Mobility and Sorting: Theory and Evidence" by Damir Stijepic (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jbnst-2018-0047)

1. 	The replication code consists of 5 do-files for STATA 13:

		"master_sipp_mobility_sorting.do"
		"1_sipp_ms_data.do"
		"2_sipp_ms_variableselection.do"
		"3_sipp_ms_variables.do"
		"4_sipp_ms_regressions.do"

2. 	Download the following additional 13 do-files from NBER (https://www.nber.org/data/survey-of-income-and-program-participation-sipp-data.html):

		"sip96l1.do"
		"sip96l2.do"
		"sip96l3.do"
		"sip96l4.do"
		"sip96l5.do"
		"sip96l6.do"
		"sip96l7.do"
		"sip96l8.do"
		"sip96l9.do"
		"sip96l10.do"
		"sip96l11.do"
		"sip96l12.do"
		"sip96t2.do"

	Open all files in the STATA do-file editor:

		a) Delete the first line in each file ("log using sip96*, text replace").
		b) Change the line "quietly infile using sip96*" to "quietly infile using "${MY_IN_PATH}/sip96*.dct", using("${MY_IN_PATH}/sipp96*.dat") clear" in each file.

3.	Download the following 13 compressed SIPP data files from NBER (https://www.nber.org/data/survey-of-income-and-program-participation-sipp-data.html):

		"sipp96l1.zip"
		"sipp96l2.zip"
		"sipp96l3.zip"
		"sipp96l4.zip"
		"sipp96l5.zip"
		"sipp96l6.zip"
		"sipp96l7.zip"
		"sipp96l8.zip"
		"sipp96l9.zip"
		"sipp96l10.zip"
		"sipp96l11.zip"
		"sipp96l12.zip"
		"sipp96t2.zip"
	
	Extract all files. 

3.	Download the following 13 dictionary files from NBER (https://www.nber.org/data/survey-of-income-and-program-participation-sipp-data.html):

		"sip96l1.dct"
		"sip96l2.dct"
		"sip96l3.dct"
		"sip96l4.dct"
		"sip96l5.dct"
		"sip96l6.dct"
		"sip96l7.dct"
		"sip96l8.dct"
		"sip96l9.dct"
		"sip96l10.dct"
		"sip96l11.dct"
		"sip96l12.dct"
		"sip96t2.dct"
	
	Open all files in an editor. Replace "dictionary using /homes/data/sipp/1996/sipp96*.dat" by "infile dictionary" at the beginning of each file. 


4. 	Open the do-file "master_sipp_mobility_sorting.do" in the STATA do-file editor. Adjust the paths to the folders:

		a) "MY_IN_PATH" leads to the folder that contains the 13 extracted SIPP data files and the 13 dictionary files.
		b) "MY_OUT_PATH" leads to an existing folder that will contain the manipulated data. 
		c) "MY_TEMP_PATH" leads to an existing folder that will contain temporary files.  
		d) "MY_DOFILE_PATH" leads to the folder that contains the 5 original do-files and the 13 do-files from NBER.
		e) "MY_OUT_TEXT_PATH" leads to an existing folder that will contain the final results.

5.	Run the do-file "master_sipp_mobility_sorting.do" in STATA. The log-files with the results and the figures are saved to "MY_OUT_TEXT_PATH".