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

Arbeitspapier

We estimate willingness to pay (WTP) for better quality of tap water on a unique cross-section sample from 10 OECD countries. On the pooled sample, households are willing to pay 7.5% of the median annual water bill to improve the tap water quality. The highest relative WTP 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 expected WTP increased with income, education, environmental concern, and health and taste concerns with the tap water.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Nota di Lavoro ; No. 24.2014

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Truncated and Censored Models; Switching Regression Models; Threshold Regression Models ; Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis ; Renewable Resources and Conservation: Water ; Valuation of Environmental Effects
• Subject: Contingent Valuation ; Household Data ; Interval Model ; Water Quality ; Willingness to Pay

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Beaumais, Olivier ; Briand, Anne ; Millock, Katrin ; Nauges, Céline
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
• (where): Milano
• (when): 2014

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/101968
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET