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Using stated preference methods to evaluate the impact of water on health: the case of metropolitan Cairo

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Abou-Ali, Hala (Department of Economics, School of Economics and Commercial Law, Göteborg University)
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This paper analysis the impact of better water quality on health improvements using two stated preference methods: choice experiments and the contingent valuation method. These methods were administered to a random sample of 1500 households living in metropolitan Cairo, Egypt. The results indicate that households living in Metropolitan Cairo have a positive but rather small willingness to pay for reducing health risks owing to water quality.

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Paper provided by Göteborg University, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers in Economics with number 113.

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Date of creation: 15 Oct 2003
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Keywords: Choice experiment; Contingent Valuation Method; Health; Water;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
C25 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models
I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
Q25 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Water

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