Table 5.

Instrumental variable MLR-FE of the effect of MEPI on depression.

Variables	Mildly Depressed	Moderately Depressed	Severely Depressed
Panel A—Addressing the endogeneity of MEPI with prices of electricity and LPG
MEPI	0.562 **	1.494 ***	1.867 ***
	(0.229)	(0.362)	(0.477)
Controls?	Yes	Yes	Yes
First stage
Ln (electricity prices)	0.033 ***
	(0.006)
Ln (LPG prices)	0.014 **
	(0.006)

Note: All models in this table include all the control variables in Table 4. Standard errors in parentheses. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05.