Household Adoption of Water-Efficient Equipment: The Role of Socio-Economic Factors, Environmental Attitudes and Policy

Using survey data of around 10,000 households from 10 OECD countries, we identify the driving factors of household adoption of water-efficient equipment by estimating Probit models of a household's probability to invest in such equipment. The results indicate that environmental attitudes and ow...

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Published in:Environmental & resource economics 2010-08, Vol.46 (4), p.539-565
Main Authors: Millock, Katrin, Nauges, Céline
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
attitudes and opinions
Charging
Conservation
D12
Economic factors
Economic Policy
Economics
Economics and Finance
Environmental attitudes
Environmental Economics
Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice
Environmental Management
Environmental Sciences
Environmentalism
Equipment costs
Estimating
Home ownership
Households
Humanities and Social Sciences
Industrialized nations
innovation adoption
Investment
Mathematical models
Metering
O33
Outdoors
Ownership
Plumbing fixtures
Policies
Polls & surveys
Price increases
Probability
Q25
Q58
Rebates
Residential water use
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomics
Studies
Technology adoption
Toilet facilities
Washers & dryers
Water conservation
Water consumption
Water resources
Water shortages
Water supply
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Summary:Using survey data of around 10,000 households from 10 OECD countries, we identify the driving factors of household adoption of water-efficient equipment by estimating Probit models of a household's probability to invest in such equipment. The results indicate that environmental attitudes and ownership status are strong predictors of adoption of water-efficient equipment. In terms of policy, we find that households that were both metered and charged for their water individually had a much higher probability to invest in water-efficient equipment compared to households that paid a flat fee.
ISSN:0924-6460
1573-1502
DOI:10.1007/s10640-010-9360-y