Explaining Non-Take-up of Water Subsidy

Water

Momi Dahan¹ 

[1] School of Public Policy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, Israel

关键词: water subsidy;    take-up;    information costs;    administrative costs;   

DOI  :  10.3390/w3041174

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

We use two separate quasi-natural experiments to explore the relative importance of information and administrative costs in explaining non-take-up of water subsidy. The first “experiment” shows that the take-up rate of a household with lower administrative costs is not significantly different from otherwise identical households. In contrast, using the same program, the second “experiment” reveals that the take-up rate of a household that is more likely to be informed is substantially higher compared to otherwise identical households. These findings support the idea that information plays a major role in explaining non-take-up of water subsidy.

【 授权许可】

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