Valuing housework time from willingness to spend time and money for environmental quality improvements

Eom, Young-Sook; Larson, Douglas M.

doi:10.1007/s11150-006-0008-1

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“…The compensating variation measure of welfare can be illustrated for WTP and WTW using the indirect utility function, as shown by Vondolia et al (2014) and Eom and Larson (2006).…”

Section: Empirical Analysis and Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Discrete Choice Experiments in Developing Countries: Willingness to Pay Versus Willingness to Work

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Polya

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Environ Resource Econ

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A concern when conducting stated preference valuation studies in rural developing or very low income contexts is the use of monetary willingness to pay (WTP) estimates. In circumstances where cash incomes are extremely low, a significant proportion of the population are not engaged in waged labour and the exchange of goods or services is augmented through barter or work exchange, the role of money is likely to be different from that within an urban developed setting. As such, ability to pay using money may be impaired and downwardly biased when compared with other mediums of exchange. In recognition of this several studies have used hypothetical labour contributions as payment vehicles and a common finding is that households are more often willing to contribute labour than they are money. In this paper we present the results of a split sample DCE using money and labour contributions as payment vehicles for improved drinking water quality in Kandal Province, Cambodia. We find little differences between the payment vehicles in terms of attribute non-attendance, marginal utilities of attributes or derived welfare values. We argue that this provides support for the use of WTP in rural developing areas where there are functioning labour markets.

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“…The compensating variation measure of welfare can be illustrated for WTP and WTW using the indirect utility function, as shown by Vondolia et al (2014) and Eom and Larson (2006).…”

Section: Empirical Analysis and Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the WTP statement the full income is presented in money units whereas in the WTW statement full income is represented in labour units. See Eom and Larson (2006) for further discussion and details.…”

Section: Empirical Analysis and Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Discrete Choice Experiments in Developing Countries: Willingness to Pay Versus Willingness to Work

Gibson

Rigby

Polya

et al. 2015

Environ Resource Econ

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“…In this paper, although we show the WTP in labor terms, here in the methods, the results show WTP in labor terms as a volunteer. The theoretical framework of using time as a payment vehicle for CV studies is based on the notion of a timecompensating surplus, which is analogous to a compensating surplus measure of monetary WTP [16]. Based on this framework, welfare estimates for keeping the current level of GIAHS quality can be expressed as…”

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Effective Use and Management of Kunisaki Peninsula Usa GIAHS Long Trail—A Sustainable Tourism Model leading to Regional Development

2018

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Despite increasing recognition of the importance of maintaining environmental public goods such as rural landscapes and their ecological systems, it remains challenging to implement a management system where the value of maintaining such public goods is reflected by a means of a support payment. We proposed a tourism model for the regional promotion of footpaths as the main axis in the "Agri-culture System" designated as part of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS). Applying a Contingent Valuation Method, we asked walkers how much they were willing to contribute to various GIAHS-related activities through volunteering in addition to the participation fee for the walk. We hypothesized that the diverse means and activities to support conservation would contribute to sustainable management of GIAHS. The research findings showed that walkers had options to choose which activity to support. For track maintenance, WTC L in volunteering is 4.23 days a year. In the case of walkers who had no options, their Willingness to Contribute in Labor (WTC L ) by volunteering is 3.34 days a year. To link the regional resources used for tourism with GIAHS require their effective management and conservation. Thus, it is desirable to formulate a combined approach such as payments by users of the trails and contributions through volunteer activities.

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“…As an alternative measure in CV, therefore, non-monetary payment in the form of labor contribution is widely used in developing countries (e.g., [23][24][25][26]). As a payment vehicle for CV studies, the theoretical framework of using time is used based on the concept of a time compensating surplus comparable with a compensating surplus measure of monetary WTP [26,27]. Based on this framework, we can express the welfare estimates of restoring mangroves in following:…”

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The Opportunity Cost of Labor for Valuing Mangrove Restoration in Mahakam Delta, Indonesia

2017

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Abstract:Worldwide, damage to mangroves is alarming. Restoration is required to recover mangrove ecosystems, and communities' involvement is a primary factor to reduce the threat to mangroves. Their participation might be interpreted as the appropriate decision concerning conservation and utilization of mangroves. Using a contingent valuation approach, this study assesses mangroves' values to local communities through their willingness to contribute labor to obtain monetary value. Results showed that the opportunity cost of time was valued at IDR 398.76 thousand (US$29.99) a month or IDR 4.79 million (US$359.90) per year. A total annual benefit of mangrove restoration using the wage rate of time (WRT) is IDR 143 billion (US$10.77 million) per year. Accessing such information is crucial to making the appropriate decisions about conservation of mangroves within the context of developing countries that have poor coastal communities and low incomes. Tobit regression determined that five variables affect willingness to provide labor time and WRT significantly for mangrove restoration. These findings can support decision-makers with the relevant information for assessing a mangrove restoration project.

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Valuing housework time from willingness to spend time and money for environmental quality improvements

Cited by 35 publications

References 24 publications

Discrete Choice Experiments in Developing Countries: Willingness to Pay Versus Willingness to Work

Discrete Choice Experiments in Developing Countries: Willingness to Pay Versus Willingness to Work

Effective Use and Management of Kunisaki Peninsula Usa GIAHS Long Trail—A Sustainable Tourism Model leading to Regional Development

The Opportunity Cost of Labor for Valuing Mangrove Restoration in Mahakam Delta, Indonesia

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