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dc.titleResearch Insights: What will People Pay for SMS Air Quality Alerts and Will They Avoid Air Pollution in Response?
dc.contributor.authorHanna, Rema
dc.contributor.authorHoffmann, Bridget
dc.contributor.authorOliva, Paulina
dc.contributor.authorSchneider, Jake
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageMexico
dc.date.available2021-10-28T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2021-10-28T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractMale, younger, and higher-income respondents as well as those who perceived high pollution in recent days showed greater willingness to pay for SMS air quality alerts. Willingness to pay was uncorrelated with actual recent high pollution. Recipients of SMS alerts indicated having received air pollution information via SMS, along with reporting a high-pollution day in the past week and having stayed indoors on the most recent day they perceived pollution to be high. However, alert recipients were not more accurate in identifying which specific days had high pollution than other respondents. Households that received a free N95 mask were more likely to report utilizing a mask with a filter during the past two weeks but not more likely to report using a mask with a filter on the specific days with high particulate matter.
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dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003731
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Research-Insights-What-will-People-Pay-for-SMS-Air-Quality-Alerts-and-Will-They-Avoid-Air-Pollution-in-Response.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Perspectivas-de-investigacion-Cuanto-pagarian-las-personas-por-alertas-SMS-sobre-la-calidad-del-aire-y-como-respuesta-evitarian-la-contaminacion-atmosferica.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectAir Quality
dc.subjectWillingness to Pay
dc.subjectRandomized Controlled Trial
dc.subjectHealth
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subjectProductivity
dc.subjectLabor Supply
dc.subject.jelcodeQ53 - Air Pollution • Water Pollution • Noise • Hazardous Waste • Solid Waste • Recycling
dc.subject.jelcodeQ56 - Environment and Development • Environment and Trade • Sustainability • Environmental Accounts and Accounting • Environmental Equity • Population Growth
dc.subject.jelcodeD83 - Search • Learning • Information and Knowledge • Communication • Belief • Unawareness
dc.subject.keywordsAlerts
dc.typeCatalogs and Brochures
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-CB-00586
idb.operationBK-C1102
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