The Value of Water Connections in Central American Cities: A Revealed Preference Study

We estimate annualized values of access to home tap water in three cities in El Salvador, and marginal 'barrios' in four Guatemalan cities, using a hedonic price method for studying changes in capitalized home values from obtaining a water connection. A tap water connection is found to add...

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Main Authors:	Nauges, Celine, Strand, Jon, Walker, Ian
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Gas Utilities Pipelines Water Utilities L950 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Water Q250
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4802

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spelling	okr-10986-48022021-04-23T14:02:19Z The Value of Water Connections in Central American Cities: A Revealed Preference Study Nauges, Celine Strand, Jon Walker, Ian Gas Utilities Pipelines Water Utilities L950 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Water Q250 We estimate annualized values of access to home tap water in three cities in El Salvador, and marginal 'barrios' in four Guatemalan cities, using a hedonic price method for studying changes in capitalized home values from obtaining a water connection. A tap water connection is found to add from 10 per cent to 52 per cent to sales values of homes in our sample. The estimated mean values of gaining tap water access represent 1-5 per cent of real household income, differing by city and with generally higher values in El Salvador. On average this gain eliminates between 1 per cent and 3 per cent of the initial difference in real incomes between the groups of connected and unconnected households. We also find large differences in the value of a tap connection depending on the main source of non-tap water, with lowest values when the source is a private well in El Salvador. 2012-03-30T07:29:49Z 2012-03-30T07:29:49Z 2009 Journal Article Environment and Development Economics 1355770X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4802 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Central America El Salvador
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topic	Gas Utilities Pipelines Water Utilities L950 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Water Q250
spellingShingle	Gas Utilities Pipelines Water Utilities L950 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Water Q250 Nauges, Celine Strand, Jon Walker, Ian The Value of Water Connections in Central American Cities: A Revealed Preference Study
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description	We estimate annualized values of access to home tap water in three cities in El Salvador, and marginal 'barrios' in four Guatemalan cities, using a hedonic price method for studying changes in capitalized home values from obtaining a water connection. A tap water connection is found to add from 10 per cent to 52 per cent to sales values of homes in our sample. The estimated mean values of gaining tap water access represent 1-5 per cent of real household income, differing by city and with generally higher values in El Salvador. On average this gain eliminates between 1 per cent and 3 per cent of the initial difference in real incomes between the groups of connected and unconnected households. We also find large differences in the value of a tap connection depending on the main source of non-tap water, with lowest values when the source is a private well in El Salvador.
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author	Nauges, Celine Strand, Jon Walker, Ian
author_facet	Nauges, Celine Strand, Jon Walker, Ian
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title	The Value of Water Connections in Central American Cities: A Revealed Preference Study
title_short	The Value of Water Connections in Central American Cities: A Revealed Preference Study
title_full	The Value of Water Connections in Central American Cities: A Revealed Preference Study
title_fullStr	The Value of Water Connections in Central American Cities: A Revealed Preference Study
title_full_unstemmed	The Value of Water Connections in Central American Cities: A Revealed Preference Study
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The Value of Water Connections in Central American Cities: A Revealed Preference Study

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