Effects of norms, warm-glow and time use on household recycling

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The aim of this paper is to quantify the relative importance of motivations based on warm-glow, social and moral norms and cost of time used recycling on household recycling efforts. We also test for crowding-out of intrinsic motivations when recycling is perceived as mandatory. We find that the most important variable increasing household recycling efforts is agreeing that recycling is a pleasant activity in itself, which may be interpreted as a warm-glow effect. The most important variable reducing household recycling is the opportunity cost of time spent recycling. We find no evidence of crowding-out of intrinsic motivation when recycling is perceived as mandatory. On the contrary, we find that governmental legislation increases household recycling efforts on most materials.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Discussion Papers ; No. 389

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: General ; Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions ; Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis ; Welfare Economics: General ; Publicly Provided Private Goods ; State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations: Other ; Renewable Resources and Conservation: Other
• Subject: Contingent valuation method ; cost of time ; household recycling ; moral and social norms ; ordered probit ; simultaneous estimation of discrete- and continuous choice ; warm-glow ; crowding out.

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Halvorsen, Bente
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Statistics Norway, Research Department
• (where): Oslo
• (when): 2004

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/192371
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