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| dc.title | Research Insights: Can Water Use Be Reduced through Policies that Promote Individual Metering of Water Consumption? |
| dc.contributor.author | Carrillo, Paul E. |
| dc.contributor.author | Contreras, Ivette |
| dc.contributor.author | Scartascini, Carlos |
| dc.contributor.orgunit | Department of Research and Chief Economist |
| dc.coverage | Ecuador |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-27T00:11:00 |
| dc.date.issue | 2023-11-27T00:11:00 |
| dc.description.abstract | Using administrative data from the Empresa Pública de Agua y Saneamiento (EPMAPS) of Quito, Ecuador, it is found that water consumption decreases by approximately 8 percentage points (pp) after the introduction of individual meters. To obtain an equivalent drop of 8 pp in water consumption, but without individual meters, water consumption prices would have to be doubled. Individual water meters could be a useful tool for reducing water consumption in both developing and developed countries. |
| dc.format.extent | 4 |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0005293 |
| dc.identifier.url | https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Research-Insights-Can-Water-Use-Be-Reduced-through-Policies-that-Promote-Individual-Metering-of-Water-Consumption.pdf |
| dc.identifier.url | https://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Perspectivas-de-investigacion-se-puede-reducir-el-consumo-de-agua-mediante-politicas-de-promocion-de-medidores-individuales-del-consumo.pdf |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.publisher | Inter-American Development Bank |
| dc.subject | Public Policy |
| dc.subject | Water and Sanitation |
| dc.subject | Water Consumption |
| dc.subject | Water Supply |
| dc.subject | Drinking Water |
| dc.subject | Regression Discontinuity Design |
| dc.subject | Water Use |
| dc.subject | Climate Change |
| dc.subject | Rating |
| dc.subject | Difference-in-Difference Method |
| dc.subject | Nudge |
| dc.subject | Public Health |
| dc.subject | Emerging Market |
| dc.subject.jelcode | D12 - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis |
| dc.subject.jelcode | D62 - Externalities |
| dc.subject.jelcode | Q21 - Demand and Supply • Prices |
| dc.subject.jelcode | Q25 - Water |
| dc.subject.jelcode | Q58 - Government Policy |
| dc.type | Catalogs and Brochures |
| idb.identifier.pubnumber | IDB-CB-00854 |
| idb.operation | RG-K1199 |