Table 3

Estimation results from OLS and IV/2SLS regressions

OLSIV/2SLS
First stageSecond stage
Dependent variableslnQilnPilnQi
Natural log of price0.239***(0.109) 1.152***(0.053)
Whom the respondent pays the electricity bill to (reference: directly to the electricity company)   
- Owner of rented house 0.560*** 
  (0.004) 
- Other household living together 0.002(0.010) 
Household registration status (reference: permanent)   
- Temporary 0.011***(0.003) 
Natural log of income0.008***(0.010)0.007***(0.001)0.046***(0.053)
Natural log of price of substitutes0.044***(0.007)0003***(0.001)0.043***(0.007)
House size0.001***0.0002***0.001***
(0.000)(0.000)(0.000)
Number of persons0.120***0.011***0.109***
(0.006)(0.001)(0.006)
Area (reference: urban)   
- Rural0.0280.0030.050*
(0.021)(0.003)(0.022)
Province (reference: Ha Noi)
- Da Nang0.293***0.037***0.399***
(0.029)(0.004)(0.030)
- Dak Nong0.308***0.087***0.556***
(0.034)(0.004)(0.036)
- Binh Duong0.272***0.007*0.228***
(0.030)(0.004)(0.031)
- Ho Chi Minh0.111***0.0020.107***
(0.028)(0.004)(0.029)
Ownership of appliancesYesYesYes
Constant5.240***(0.109)0.533***(0.014)5.608***(0.113)
Observations4,7314,7314,731
F-statistics test  7326.116***
Wu–Hausman test  3007.978***
Sargan test  2.479

Note(s):lnQi and lnPi denote the natural logarithm of quantity and the natural logarithm of price, respectively. The ownership of appliances indicates whether a household has specific appliances, including air conditioners, washing machines and dryers, vacuum cleaners, dehumidifiers, water purifiers, water heaters, gas cookers, induction cookers, electric cookers, rice cookers, pressure cookers, microwave ovens, baking ovens and fruit juicing/pressing machines. *, ** and *** denote statistical significance at the 10%, 5% and 1% levels, respectively

Source(s): Authors' calculations

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