A behavioral approach to water conservation: evidence from Costa Rica (English)

This paper presents the design a set of three simple and replicable behavioral interventions, which use stickers that can be added to water bills at low cost, and test their impact on water consumption in Belen, Costa Rica, using a randomized control trial. Two of the three interventions were found to decrease water consumption significantly in the months following the intervention. A descriptive social norm intervention using neighborhood comparisons...

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Datta,Saugato;

Miranda Montero,Juan Jose;

Zoratto,Laura De Castro;

Calvo-Gonzalez,Oscar;

Darlingm,Matthew;

Lorenzana,Karina Josephine Orduna;
Document Date
2015/06/02
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS7283
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Costa Rica,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2015/06/02
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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A behavioral approach to water conservation: evidence from Costa Rica
Keywords
water consumption

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Datta,Saugato; Miranda Montero,Juan Jose; Zoratto,Laura De Castro; Calvo-Gonzalez,Oscar; Darlingm,Matthew; Lorenzana,Karina Josephine Orduna.

A behavioral approach to water conservation: evidence from Costa Rica (English). Impact Evaluation series|Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7283 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/809801468001190306

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