What are Households Willing to Pay for Better Tap Water Quality ? A Cross-Country Valuation Study

Olivier Beaumais (), Anne Briand (), Katrin Millock () and Celine Nauges
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Olivier Beaumais: CARE - Centre d'Analyse et de Recherche en Économie - UNIROUEN - Université de Rouen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université
Anne Briand: CARE - Centre d'Analyse et de Recherche en Économie - UNIROUEN - Université de Rouen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université
Katrin Millock: PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École des Ponts ParisTech - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: Using a unique cross-section sample from 10 OECD countries, we estimate willingness to pay for better quality of tap water. On the pooled sample, households are only willing to pay 7.5% of the median annual water bill to improve the quality of tap water. The highest relative willingness to pay for better tap water quality was found in the countries with the highest percentage of respondents being unsatisfied with tap water quality because of health concerns. The median willingness to pay in Mexico, Korea and Italy was estimated at 10.1%, 6.4% and 8.8% of the median water bill. The marginal willingness to pay increased with income, education, environmental concern, trust in information from government, and specific concerns with water quality.

Keywords: Contingent valuation; tobit model; water quality; willingness to pay.; Evaluation contingente; modèle Tobit; qualité de l'eau; disponibilité à payer. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-06
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Published in 2010

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Working Paper: What are Households Willing to Pay for Better Tap Water Quality? A Cross-Country Valuation Study (2010)
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