In:
Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 21, No. 2 ( 2016-04), p. 135-157
Abstract:
To improve wildlife conservation incentives in community-based natural resource management programs, a better understanding of rural communities' willingness to engage in wildlife conservation jobs is needed. We implement a discrete choice model explaining reservation wages for nine conservation jobs using contingent behavior data from rural Botswana residents. We present a model in which the conditional indirect utility function incorporates a more general value of time than has previously been used, and this specification outperforms the standard model. Sample estimates indicate that reservation wages are modestly higher for women than for men, and that residents have higher reservation wages for jobs requiring more exertion or involving more danger.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1355-770X
,
1469-4395
DOI:
10.1017/S1355770X15000194
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
2016
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1501045-4
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