Considering household size in contingent valuation studies

Schneider, Friedrich; Ahlheim, Michael

Considering household size in contingent valuation studies

dc.contributor.author	Schneider, Friedrich	de
dc.contributor.author	Ahlheim, Michael	de
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-08T08:48:11Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-08T08:48:11Z
dc.date.created	2013-03-11
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.description.abstract	In many empirical Contingent Valuation studies one finds that household size, i. e. the number auf household members, is negatively correlated with stated household willingness to pay for the realization of environmental projects. This observation is rather puzzling because in larger households more people can benefit from an environmental improvement than in small households. Therefore, the overall benefit should be greater for larger households. A plausible explanation could be that household budgets are tighter for large families than for smaller families with the same overall family income. The fact that larger families can afford only smaller willingness to pay statements in Contingent Valuation surveys than smaller families with the same income and the same preferences might have consequences for the allocation of public funds whenever the realization of an environmental project is made dependent on the outcome of a Contingent Valuation study. In this paper we show how the use of household equivalence scales for the assessment of environmental projects with the Contingent Valuation Method can serve to reduce the discrimination of members of large families.	en
dc.identifier.swb	379854589
dc.identifier.uri	https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/5689
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-8300
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	FZID discussion papers; 68
dc.rights.license	publ-ohne-pod	en
dc.rights.license	publ-ohne-pod	de
dc.rights.uri	http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/doku/lic_ubh.php
dc.subject.ddc	330
dc.subject.gnd	Haushalt	de
dc.subject.gnd	Contingent Valuation	de
dc.title	Considering household size in contingent valuation studies	de
dc.type.dcmi	Text	de
dc.type.dini	WorkingPaper	de
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local.bibliographicCitation.publisherPlace	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.export.bibtex	@techreport{Schneider2013, url = {https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/5689}, author = {Schneider, Friedrich and Ahlheim, Michael}, title = {Considering household size in contingent valuation studies}, year = {2013}, school = {Universität Hohenheim}, series = {FZID discussion papers}, }
local.export.bibtexAuthor	Schneider, Friedrich and Ahlheim, Michael
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local.faculty.number	7	de
local.faculty.number	3	de
local.institute.number	795	de
local.institute.number	520	de
local.opus.number	830
local.series.issueNumber	68
local.series.title	FZID discussion papers
local.university	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.university.faculty	Landesanstalten	de
local.university.faculty	Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences	en
local.university.faculty	Fakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften	de
local.university.institute	Forschungszentrum Innovation und Dienstleistung	de
local.university.institute	Institute for Economics	en
local.university.institute	Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre	de

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