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The impacts of household water quality testing and information on safe water behaviors: Evidence from a randomized experiment in Ghana
Okyere, Charles Yaw; Pangaribowo, Evita Hanie; Asante, … - 2017
household water quality testing and information experiment increase the choice of improved water sources and other safe water …-testing nor received information. The impacts of the experiment are estimated using intention-to-treat (ITT), instrumental … behaviors. The study implies that household water quality testing and information could be used as "social marketing" strategy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011869287
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The Impacts of Household Water Quality Testing and Information on Safe Water Behaviors : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Ghana
Okyere, Charles Yaw - 2017
household water quality testing and information experiment increase the choice of improved water sources and other safe water …-testing nor received information. The impacts of the experiment are estimated using intention-to-treat (ITT), instrumental … behaviors. The study implies that household water quality testing and information could be used as “social marketing” strategy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012958372
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Impact of different irrigation systems on water quality in peri-urban areas of Gujarat, India
Vangani, Ruchi; Saxena, Deepak; Gerber, Nikolaus; … - 2016
using a contaminated water source. The quality of household storage water was largely unaffected by the major household … than infrastructures. Community open defaecation and high village-household density deteriorates household storage water …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011588706
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Impact of different irrigation systems on water quality in peri-urban areas of Gujarat, India
Vangani, Ruchi; Saxena, Deepak; Gerber, Nikolaus; … - 2016
using a contaminated water source. The quality of household storage water was largely unaffected by the major household … than infrastructures. Community open defaecation and high village-household density deteriorates household storage water …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011521116
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Up in smoke : the influence of household behavior on the long-run impact of improved cooking stoves
Hanna, Rema; Duflo, Esther; Greenstone, Michael - 2012
It is conventional wisdom that it is possible to reduce exposure to indoor air pollution, improve health outcomes, and decrease greenhouse gas emissions in rural areas of developing countries through the adoption of improved cooking stoves. This is largely supported by observational field...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009541336
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Being informed matters: Experimental evidence on the demand for environmental quality
Jalan, Jyotsna; Somanathan, E. - Indian Statistical Institute - 2004
no information. This effect raised the mean purification expenditure in the sample by 10 percent. By way of comparison …, an additional year of schooling of the most educated person in the household, raises the probability of (initial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004979328
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The importance of being informed: experimental evidence on the demand for environmental quality
Jalan, Jyotsna; Somanathan, E. - The South Asian Network for Development and …
To what extent does information affect the demand for environmental quality? A randomly selected group of households in … weeks than households that received no information. By way of comparison, an additional year of schooling of the most … educated person in the household, is associated with a 4.4 percentage-point rise in the probability of initial purification …
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Consequences of the Clean Water Act and the Demand for Water Quality
Keiser, David - 2017
Since the 1972 U.S. Clean Water Act, government and industry have invested over $1 trillion to abate water pollution, or $100 per person-year. Over half of U.S. stream and river miles, however, still violate pollution standards. We use the most comprehensive set of files ever compiled on water...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012965604
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Consequences of the Clean Water Act and the Demand for Water Quality
Keiser, David; Shapiro, Joseph S. - 2018
Since the 1972 U.S. Clean Water Act, government and industry have invested over $1 trillion to abate water pollution, or $100 per person-year. Over half of U.S. stream and river miles, however, still violate pollution standards. We use the most comprehensive set of files ever compiled on water...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014112987
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The Intensive Margin of Technology Adoption : Experimental Evidence on Improved Cooking Stoves in Rural Senegal
Bensch, Gunther - 2015
Today 2.6 billion people in developing countries rely on biomass as primary cooking fuel, with profound negative implications for their well-being. Improved biomass cooking stoves are alleged to counteract these adverse effects. This paper evaluates take-up and impacts of low-cost improved...
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