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North & Griffin 1993
North, J.H. and Griffin, C.C. (1993). Water source as a housing characteristic: Hedonic property valuation and willingness to pay for water. Water Resources Research 29: doi: 10.1029/92WR02995. issn: 0043-1397.

Using data from a large representative sample of rural households in one region of the Philippines, we estimate the determinants of the rental value of dwellings using the bid-rent approach to the hedonic price model. Our particular interest is in the relative valuation these households place on owning a private source of water and distance to a public or communal source. We find that low-, middle-, and high-income households value an in-house piped water source highly relative to other characteristics of their homes. Middle- and high-income households value a deep well or piped water in the yard, although at a substantially lower level than piped water in the house. It is somewhat surprising to find that, except in the case of high-income families, households appear to gain little or no utility from having a communal source of water, such as a river, lake, or public tap, closer to their homes. As a consequence, public water policies that emphasize improving the quality and proximity of communal sources would be inappropriate for the region represented by this sample. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1993

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Policy Sciences, Demand estimation, Hydrology, Water supply, Policy Sciences, System design, Information Related to Geographic Region, Asia
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Water Resources Research
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