Publication: Saving Water with a Nudge (or Two): Evidence from Costa Rica on the Effectiveness and Limits of Low-Cost Behavioral Interventions on Water Use
| creativeworkseries.issn | 1564-698X | |
| dc.contributor.author | Datta, Saugato | |
| dc.contributor.author | Miranda, Juan Jose | |
| dc.contributor.author | Zoratto, Laura | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-10T15:28:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-12-10T15:28:30Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The study uses a randomized controlled trial to test the impact of simple, inexpensive, and nonpersonalized behavioral interventions (or “nudges”) on water consumption in the context of a developing country. A descriptive social norm intervention using neighborhood comparisons reduces average water consumption in the first two postintervention months by 4.9 percent relative to the control group, while a planning postcard intervention reduces consumption by 4.8 percent. A descriptive social norm intervention using a town-level comparison also reduces water consumption by 3.2 percent, but this effect is not statistically significant. Finally, the study's one-time interventions continue to generate statistically significant reductions in water use for up to four months after they are implemented. | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | World Bank Economic Review | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1596/36718 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1564-698X | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10986/36718 | |
| dc.publisher | Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | World Bank Economic Review | |
| dc.rights | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO | |
| dc.rights.holder | World Bank | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo | |
| dc.subject | WATER CONSERVATION | |
| dc.subject | WATER UTILITY | |
| dc.subject | SOCIAL NORMS | |
| dc.subject | BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS | |
| dc.title | Saving Water with a Nudge (or Two) | en |
| dc.title.subtitle | Evidence from Costa Rica on the Effectiveness and Limits of Low-Cost Behavioral Interventions on Water Use | en |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en |
| dc.type | Article de journal | fr |
| dc.type | Artículo de revista | es |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| okr.date.disclosure | 2021-12-01 | |
| okr.date.doiregistration | 2025-05-06T11:06:15.753747Z | |
| okr.doctype | Publications & Research | |
| okr.doctype | Publications & Research::Journal Article | |
| okr.identifier.doi | 10.1093/wber/lhy025 | |
| okr.journal.nbpages | 444-63 | |
| okr.language.supported | en | |
| okr.peerreview | Academic Peer Review | |
| okr.region.administrative | Latin America & Caribbean | |
| okr.region.country | Costa Rica | |
| okr.topic | Environment::Water Resources Management | |
| okr.topic | Water Resources::Water Policy & Governance | |
| okr.topic | Water Supply and Sanitation::Water Supply and Sanitation Economics | |
| okr.topic | Water Supply and Sanitation::Water Utility Services to the Poor | |
| okr.unit | Environment, Natural Resources, and Blue Economy Global Practice | |
| okr.volume | 34(2) | |
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