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What aspects of formality do workers value? : evidence from a choice experiment in Bangladesh
Mahmud, Minhaj Uddin; Gutierrez, Italo A.; Kumar, Krishna B. - 2020
This study uses a choice experiment among 2,000 workers in Bangladesh to elicit willingness to pay (WTP) for job …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228195
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Stability and evolution of preferences for improved cookstoves : a difference-in-difference analysis of a choice experiment from Ethiopia
Dissanayake, Sahan; Voigt, George; Cooper, Abbie; … - 2019
evolution of preferences over time. The study uses a novel approach combining a repeated choice experiment with a randomized … use traditional cooking methods. Respondents were given the exact same choice questions in 2013 and 2016. The study began … with 504 households in 36 communities in 2013, and 486 of the same households participated in 2016 (a 96 percent retention …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059038
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Status Goods : Experimental Evidence from Platinum Credit Cards
Bursztyn, Leonardo - 2017
markets platinum credit cards to high-income customers. In a first experiment, the paper shows that demand for the platinum … magnitude of the demand for social status. A second experiment provides evidence of positional externalities from the … consumption of these status goods. The final experiment shows that increasing self-esteem causally reduces demand for status goods …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246158
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How valuable is the reliability of residential electricity supply in low-income countries? : evidence from Nepal
Alberini, Anna; Steinbuks, Jevgenijs; Timilsina, Govinda R. - 2020
This study uses a contingent valuation approach to value the willingness-to-pay (WTP) for improved service experienced by households in Nepal following the end of the country's load-shedding crisis of 2008-2016. Using a detailed survey of grid-connected Nepali households, the authors calculate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012257291
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Gender in South Africa
Kirkwood, Daniel - 2018
Despite strong representation in national politics and their higher levels of enrollment in secondary and higher education, South African women face numerous constraints that prevent them from fully contributing to poverty reduction and shared prosperity. Many of these constraints are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012645441
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Improved biomass cook stoves for climate change mitigation? : evidence of preferences, willingness to pay, and carbon savings
Dissanayake, Sahan T. M.; Beyene, Abebe Damte; … - 2018
This paper investigates household preferences for improved cook stoves using a choice experiment administered in rural … this experiment can be cost-effective for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which suggests that programs providing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011902847
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A "Delphi Exercise" as a Tool in Amazon Rainforest Valuation
Strand, Jon - 2014
The Amazon rainforest, the world's largest and most biodiverse, represents a global public good of which 15 percent has already been lost. The worldwide value of preserving the remaining forest is today unknown. A "Delphi" exercise was conducted
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246553
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Air Quality Analysis of Ulaanbaatar : Improving Air Quality to Reduce Health Impacts
World Bank - 2011
Air pollution has major health impacts on people living in Ulaanbaatar. The excessively high particulate matter concentrations, especially in the winter and in the ger areas, increase the incidence of heart and lung diseases, and lead to premature deaths. Improving air quality management in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012248047
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Willingness to pay for electricity access in extreme poverty : evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Sievert, Maximiliane; Steinbuks, Jevgenijs - 2019
Improving electricity access in low-income countries is a challenging problem because of the high costs of grid extension and low demand for grid electricity in rural areas. This study elucidates these constraints by analyzing poor households' willingness-to-pay for different types of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012051950
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Using referenda to improve targeting and decrease costs of conditional cash transfers
Alix Garcia, Jennifer M.; Sims, Katharine R. E.; … - 2019
Cost-effective allocation of conditional cash transfers (CCT) requires identifying recipients with low opportunity costs who might change behavior. This paper develops a low-cost approach for improving program implementation by using a stated preference, referendum-style survey question to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012004763