Tobacco Farmer’s Willingness to Pay for Green Tobacco Sickness Risk Mitigation

Tobacco farmers are at risk for disease due to work directly related to pesticide exposure and the absorption of wet leaf tobacco nicotine that is Green Tobacco Sickness (GTS). This study aimed to determine the value of Willingness to Pay (WTP) of tobacco farmers in the Jember Regency for health insurance because they are at risk of exposure to GTS disease. The method used in this research is a contingent valuation method (CVM). The sample of 394 respondents have interviewed. By binary logistic regression, it is showed that 64% of respondents are willing to pay health insurance, income, education level, and green tobacco sickness significantly influence the WTP, while age variable, family, and periods of work has no effect on WTP. The results of this study are expected to provide input to policy makers in the framework of providing health insurance for tobacco farmers of many regions in Indonesia.

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Public support for hosting the Olympic Summer Games in Germany: The CVM approach

Urban Studies ◽

10.1177/0042098016675085 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 54 (15) ◽

pp. 3597-3614 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Pamela Wicker ◽

John C Whitehead ◽

Daniel S Mason ◽

Bruce K Johnson

Keyword(s):

Willingness To Pay ◽

Online Survey ◽

Contingent Valuation Method ◽

Public Support ◽

Interval Data ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Hurdle Models ◽

Valuation Method ◽

Intangible Benefits ◽

Sport Events

Cities and their respective regions must weigh the merits of hosting major sport events, including the Olympic Games. This paper presents a contingent valuation method estimate of the monetary value of intangible benefits to Germans of hosting the Olympic Summer Games. In a nationwide online survey, 6977 respondents said whether they would support a referendum to host the Games. The survey employed a payment card format containing monthly tax amounts to elicit individual willingness-to-pay for the Games over a five-year period. In the weighted sample, 26% expressed an average willingness-to-pay of €51. Willingness-to-pay varied widely across regions. Around Cologne, the average willingness-to-pay was €100. Interval data hurdle models reveal that policy consequentiality and various intangible benefits increased willingness-to-pay. Aggregate willingness-to-pay over a five-year period amounted to €46 billion which exceeded the estimated costs of the 2024 Summer Games for Hamburg. The findings have implications for policy makers since they show what regions within Germany most support hosting the Games.

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Willingness to Pay For Health Insurance in Sarawak, Malaysia: A Contingent Valuation Method

Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science ◽

10.3329/bjms.v17i2.35876 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 230-237

Author(s):

Azizah Azhar ◽

Md Mizanur Rahman ◽

Mohd Taha Arif

Keyword(s):

Health Insurance ◽

Willingness To Pay ◽

Contingent Valuation ◽

Family Income ◽

Contingent Valuation Method ◽

Adult Population ◽

Medical Science ◽

Treatment Preference ◽

P Value ◽

Valuation Method

Background and objective: One of the suggested ways of financing health care is health insurance combined with general taxation. This study aimed to assess the willingness to pay for health insurance among the adult population and the factors thereof.Methods: A multi-stage cluster sampling with cross sectional study design was adopted to select the respondents. Data was collected by face to face interview. A total of 1018 data was analyzed with response rate of 84.3%. The data on willingness to pay for insurance was collected using the contingent valuation method with bidding style. Data entry and analysis was done by SPSS 22.0 version. A p-value of less than 0.05 was considered as statistically significant.Results: Data analysis revealed that about half (46.7%) of the respondents agrees to pay monthly health insurance premium. Among those who were unwilling to pay, 81.3% were unable to afford the monthly insurance. Logistic regression analysis revealed that occupation, level of education, gender, marital status, monthly family income and treatment preference appeared to be potential predictors for willingness to accept health insurance (p<0.05).Recommendation: The key policy priority is to increase the awareness of the public regarding the benefits of health insurance, and to increase willingness to pay rate.Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.17(2) 2018 p.230-237

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Economic Evaluation of Health Cost of Pesticide Use: Willingness to Pay Method

The Pakistan Development Review ◽

10.30541/v48i4iipp.459-470 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 48 (4II) ◽

pp. 459-470 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Muhammad Khan

Keyword(s):

Willingness To Pay ◽

Contingent Valuation Method ◽

Point Of View ◽

Pesticide Use ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Health Cost ◽

Valuation Method ◽

Continue Research ◽

Strong Motivation ◽

Validity Tests

This study highlights the results of contingent valuation method to measure health cost of pesticide use from farmer’s point of view. Analysis shows that farmers have a positive willingness to pay for avoiding pesticide related health risks. Theoretical validity tests show that relevant indicators such as risk perception, previous experience of pesticide related poisoning, education and income are significant predictors for the positive WTP. From the results it is evident that health effects of pesticide use provided motivation for farmers to pay more for practices like IPM that reduce dependence on pesticide use which in turn a strong motivation for policy-makers to continue research on IPM and its implementation. Keywords: Health Cost, WTP, Pesticide Use, IPM.

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PNS63 WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR HEALTH INSURANCE USING THE CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Value in Health ◽

10.1016/j.jval.2019.09.1965 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 22 ◽

pp. S773

Author(s):

M. Al-Hanawi ◽

S. Almazrou ◽

M. Alsharif ◽

I. Yunusa

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Health Insurance ◽

Willingness To Pay ◽

Contingent Valuation ◽

Contingent Valuation Method ◽

Valuation Method

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Women Volunteerism for Protecting Watershed Ecosystem in Langat Basin

Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (MJSSH) ◽

10.47405/mjssh.v5i2.356 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 1-6

Author(s):

Devika Krishnan ◽

Shaharuddin Mohamad Ismail ◽

Chamhur Siwari ◽

Sara Kaffashi ◽

Pushpawani Ramaloo

Keyword(s):

Ecosystem Services ◽

Willingness To Pay ◽

Catchment Area ◽

Contingent Valuation Method ◽

Land Development ◽

Water Source ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Water Users ◽

Valuation Method ◽

Ecosystem Protection

Forested watershed provides abundant ecosystem services for water users including catchment area protection, flood regulation, provisioning of clean drinking water and climate regulation. However, the value of ecosystem services only partially takes into account by policy makers and indirectly cause overexploitation of natural resources. This study observes the economic role of women in protecting watershed ecosystem by calculating willingness to pay (WTP). Langat Basin is an imperative watershed that supplying fresh water source and other necessities to approximately 1.2 million people within the catchment area. Langat Basin has getting the effect of hasty growth through industrialization and land development actions. Women within Langat Basin has been selected through face to face interview for measure willingness to pay (WTP) towards ecosystem protection. Single Bounded Dichotomous Choice technique in Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) is engaged to calculate WTP of women. Willingness to pay of women in upstream is RM184.28, followed by women in middle stream is RM168.60 and lastly WTP of women in downstream is RM190.16. The willingness to pay women shows that women has potential to be part of ecosystem protection and signal to policy makers to include women in decision making process especially for environmental perspective.

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Willingness-to-pay for Environmental Services Provided By Trees in Core and Fringe Areas of Benin City, Nigeria 1

International Forestry Review ◽

10.1505/146554819825863717 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 23-36 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

O.J. Arabomen ◽

P.W. Chirwa ◽

F.D. Babalola

Keyword(s):

Willingness To Pay ◽

Contingent Valuation Method ◽

Economic Valuation ◽

Urban Trees ◽

Environmental Services ◽

Direct Argument ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Scenic Beauty ◽

Benin City ◽

Valuation Method

Economic valuation of environmental services has emerged as a new and more direct argument and incentive for protection of trees and sustenance of environmental quality. This study's aim was to estimate the monetary value for conservation of urban trees and environmental services in Benin City, Nigeria. A Contingent Valuation Method involving a survey of 350 residents was adopted for the study. Flooding and erosion control, scenic beauty, provision of shade and regulation of local temperature received positive rankings and high scores. Thus, an average of US$1.20/month, which yielded an aggregate value of US$1 200 000 to US$1 860 00, was the amount Benin City residents were willing to contribute towards the conservation of trees. This study identified profession, years of residency and indigenous knowledge of ES as significant predictors that can influence willingness-to-pay. The findings provided quantitative data to demonstrate the importance of conserving trees to town planners, forest managers, policy makers and the urban community.

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Social benefits valuation of hosting non-mega sporting events

International Journal of Event and Festival Management ◽

10.1108/ijefm-11-2019-0057 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 289-310

Author(s):

Krystian Zawadzki

Keyword(s):

Willingness To Pay ◽

Contingent Valuation ◽

Contingent Valuation Method ◽

Social Benefits ◽

Sporting Events ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Content Type ◽

Mean Values ◽

Valuation Method ◽

Two Cities

PurposeIn the study, an attempt was made to estimate the social benefits resulting from three non-mega sporting events organized in Ergo Arena located on the border of two cities in Poland. By attributing a value to intangible social benefits, the intangible effect was determined and compared to the expenditure incurred in the construction of Ergo Arena Hall.Design/methodology/approachIn order to value social intangible effects of three non-mega sporting events the Contingent Valuation Method was applied. Each time, the Contingent Valuation Method study covered the area of the two cities: Gdańsk and Sopot and was conducted on a sample of 500 people – 250 per city. The mean values of Willingness-to-Pay were used in order to obtain aggregate values of intangible benefits. Finally, the aggregate results were compared to expenditure incurred in connection with the construction of Ergo Arena Hall.FindingsIt appeared that intangible effects were eagerly valued by the residents of Gdańsk and Sopot. The aggregated value of all three sporting events was estimated at PLN 8.8 million. The obtained results question the equal share of both cities in financing but confirm that under certain circumstances, hosting non-mega sporting events may justify the use of public funds. In the case of the two cities, the reasonable reason for the employment of public means is the size of Gdańsk compared to Sopot.Originality/valueThe paper fulfils the research gap which arises regarding Willingness-to-Pay in estimating the intangible social effects of non-mega sporting events and considering these effects in the net effect valuation. The findings have implications for policy makers since they show to what extent it may be justified to use public means in order to host non-mega sporting events.

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Accessing the Economic Value of Natural Snows in Ski Resort Using Contingent Valuation Method

Journal of Environmental Management and Tourism ◽

10.14505//jemt.12.3(51).16 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 775

Author(s):

Jaewan HEO ◽

Seungmin NAM

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Willingness To Pay ◽

Contingent Valuation ◽

Contingent Valuation Method ◽

Economic Value ◽

Experience Economy ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Ski Resort ◽

Ski Resorts ◽

Valuation Method

The purposes of this study are to estimate an individual’s probability of willingness to pay tax for preservation of the snows ski resorts in South Korea by using the CVM; and to present the effects of 4Es of the Experience economy theory in the experience economy theory. Truncated mean WTP indicates that the economic value of the natural snows of ski resort in Korea is 172 won (about 17 U.S cents) per household, which is a preservation value. Hence, in the practical perspective, policy makers are able to determine whether they should consistently develop and invest on the preparing for the climate change in the ski resort or not.

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