Willingness to pay for improved water services: Evidence from Peru

Francisco B. Galarza Arellano; Max Carbajal; Julio Aguirre

doi:10.1007/s10018-023-00381-1

Willingness to pay for improved water services: Evidence from Peru

Francisco B. Galarza Arellano, Max Carbajal, Julio Aguirre

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Estudiamos la disposición a pagar (DAP) por un amplio conjunto de mejoras en los servicios de agua relacionadas con la calidad, la continuidad y el acceso para las personas que no tienen agua corriente en sus hogares durante la pandemia de COVID-19. Utilizando datos de encuestas primarias en zonas urbanas de Perú y el método de valoración contingente, estimamos una DAP promedio de alrededor de 4.3 soles peruanos (USD 1.05), 3.7 y 1.8, respectivamente, para los conjuntos de mejoras mencionados, siendo la DAP combinada un aumento del 23% en la factura mensual de servicios de agua de los hogares. La DAP por todos los conjuntos de mejoras está influenciada por el gasto en agua embotellada (un sustituto del agua del grifo, generalmente percibida como insegura) y un proxy de los activos del hogar. La influencia de las características individuales que suelen ser examinadas por la literatura (por ejemplo, género, edad y educación) varía según el tipo de mejora analizada. Encontramos una heterogeneidad significativa en la DAP entre proveedores y calculamos la contribución de los usuarios a un fondo de agua que podría impulsar la inversión pública en mejoras de servicios de agua. Además, discutimos la implementación de dicho fondo de agua.

Idioma original	Inglés
Publicación	Environmental Economics and Policy Studies
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10018-023-00381-1
Estado	Publicación electrónica previa a su impresión - 20 oct. 2023

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Abastecimiento de agua
Método de valoración contingente
Continuidad
COVID-19
Hogares
Calidad
Disposición a pagar

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Willingness to pay for improved water service: Evidence from urban Peru
Galarza, F., Carbajal, M. & Aguirre, J., nov. 2022, Lima: Universidad del Pacífico, Centro de Investigación, 32 p. (Documento de discusión; n.º 2203).
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