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Motivating household water conservation: A field experiment in Singapore

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  • Lorenz Goette
  • Ching Leong
  • Neng Qian

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We test and compare different incentives in motivating water conservation using a randomized controlled trial. In a field experiment carried out with Singaporean households, regular feedback was given, with informative, normative and monetary incentives provided to different groups. Evidence shows that all households saved an average of 4 Litres of water per person per day, with no difference in treatment effect found across various groups. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the water saving effect is also found to be more significant with high baseline users, who saved up to 5.9 Litres per person per day. High baseline households also respond more positively to the non-monetary incentives.

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  • Lorenz Goette & Ching Leong & Neng Qian, 2019. "Motivating household water conservation: A field experiment in Singapore," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(3), pages 1-15, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0211891
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211891
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