The effect of information transfer related to soil biodiversity on Flemish citizens' preferences for forest management

Vanermen, Iris; Kessels, Roselinde; Verheyen, Kris; Muys, Bart; Vranken, Liesbet

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145791

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“…To assess the effects of balanced sustainability information on dairy farmers' preferences regarding attributes of more grass-based feeding systems, we used a between-subjects design, where respondents are randomly assigned into two groups: half to a treatment group and half to a control group. The design is better suited for our study setting where shorter surveys are more feasible and allows us to better reduce possible confounding between information treatment effects and learning or fatigue effects often associated with within-sample designs and longer surveys (Vanermen et al, 2021). We opted for equal allocation of respondents to treatment and control, and individual-level randomization to maximize power (Glennerster and Takavarasha, 2013).…”

Section: Treatment Randomizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Information provision and preferences for more sustainable dairy farming: Choice experimental evidence from Sweden

Oyinbo,

Hansson

2024

Agric. Resour. Econom. Rev.

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Dairy farming in Europe faces profound environmental, social, and economic sustainability challenges, which are of significant policy interest. These challenges support the need for a transition toward the uptake of more sustainable dairy farming practices. This paper examines the effects of an advisory instrument “balanced sustainability information” on farmers’ preferences for more grass-based feeding systems using a between-subjects design and a discrete choice experiment among a sample of Swedish dairy farmers. Conceptually, we develop a state-dependent utility framework with Bayesian updating to motivate the impact pathway. Our results demonstrate that on average, balanced sustainability information has negligible effects on farmers’ feed choices, which could be a consequence of opposing responses to the information, among others. Considering farmer heterogeneity based on their identities and prior knowledge, we find support for some evidence of treatment effects. Our findings highlight important and policy-relevant critical reflections about overoptimistic expectations of information provision as an instrument to nudge behavioral change toward more sustainable farming practices.

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Section: Treatment Randomizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Information provision and preferences for more sustainable dairy farming: Choice experimental evidence from Sweden

Oyinbo,

Hansson

2024

Agric. Resour. Econom. Rev.

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“…While the inclusion of an opt-out or status quo option is common practice in DCEs as it increases the realism of the choice task (Carson et al, 1994;Louviere, Hensher and Swait, 2000;Vanermen et al, 2021), we did not include an opt-out or status quo option in our choice experiment. This means that respondents are forced to make a choice between the three proposed scenarios.…”

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confidence: 99%

Small Family, Happy Family? Fertility Preferences and the Quantity–Quality Trade-Off in Sub-Saharan Africa

Van Hoyweghen,

Bemelmans,

Feyaerts

et al. 2023

Popul Res Policy Rev

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To attenuate the adverse effects of high population growth in low-income countries and to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, knowledge on rural fertility preferences and the existence of a quantity-quality trade-off between the number of children and child-raising quality is key. To tackle this, we implement a choice experiment in Senegal and Uganda. We include three quality and one quantity aspect of child-raising, and three socio-economic drivers of fertility, resulting in a comprehensive assessment. We show that rural households prefer to have many children, but women and non-poor respondents demonstrate a lower preference for many children than men and poor respondents. We nd that the quantity-quality trade-off is a two-sided story. On the one hand, for most of the quality attributes, we con rm the existence of a trade-off. On the other hand, quantity and quality are complementary when all children in the household can attain a lower secondary school diploma. Our results imply that broadening the currently narrow focus on contraceptive uptake in family planning programs, and more speci c targeting of such programs to people with low fertility preferences, could improve their effectiveness.JEL codes J10, J13, J19 (4.7 and 5.1 for Senegal and Uganda respectively in 2017), therefore remaining in the pre-demographic dividend[2] phase. Moreover, both countries experience low secondary completion rates, high prevalence of undernourishment, child mortality, and other problems connected to high fertility rates (World Bank, 2020).[1] The number of childbirths a woman would have if she were to live to the end of her reproductive life and bear children in accordance with age-speci c fertility rates of the speci ed year.[2] The demographic dividend corresponds to a period in a country's demographic transition when the ratio of work age population to young dependents increases rapidly due to a fast decline in the country's fertility. This leads to a window of opportunity for rapid economic growth as there are more people in the labour force and less people to support. Literature ReviewThe demographic transition theory describes the evolution in society from high mortality and fertility rates, to low mortality and fertility rates. The driving forces behind the demographic transition, and especially those that reduce fertility, continue to be a source of discussion among demographers and economists. Three main models are put forward: economic and investment models, risk and mortality models, and cultural transmission models (Shenk et al., 2013). Economic and investment models mainly focus on the inverse correlation between income and population growth. Risk and mortality models consider fertility reduction to be the logical consequence of the reduction in infant mortality. When the chances of children surviving the rst ve dangerous years are higher, parents will reduce their fertility accordingly (Bousmah, 2017). Cultural transmission models explain the demographic transition through societies' perception of childre...

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“…For many years, stated preference reseachers have studied the effects of information on stated preferences, including information about the current state or the content, extent, expected outcomes, policy context or mechanism of the proposed policy change of the valuation scenario. The majority of the studies find that extending such information increases the value estimates for a range of environmental goods like forest and moorland 1 3 management, water quality, and species conservation (e.g., Hoevenagel and van der Linden 1993;Munro and Hanley 2001;Bateman and Mawby 2004;Rambonilaza and Brahic 2016;Vanermen et al 2021). Yet, the empirical evidence is not consistent.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…First, it delivers new insights into the frequently studied effects of the provision of additional information about the valuation scenario on stated preferences. Besides investigating how the commonly found information effects (e.g., Hoevenagel and van der Linden 1993;Munro and Hanley 2001;Bateman and Mawby 2004;Rambonilaza and Brahic 2016;Vanermen et al 2021) transfer to urban green and information about the policy context of climate change adaptation, our study can also improve understanding of the mechanism of the effects by analyzing the two potential pathways of shifts in perceived consequentiality and credibility. To the best of our knowledge, no previous research has investigated the roles of consequentiality and credibility perceptions for explaining effects of information scripts on stated preferences.…”

Section: Information Effects Consequentiality and Credibilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Information, Consequentiality and Credibility in Stated Preference Surveys: A Choice Experiment on Climate Adaptation

Welling

Zawojska

Sagebiel

2022

Environ Resource Econ

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Information provided in valuation surveys has been shown to affect stated preferences, which in turn may matter for the validity and reliability of survey-based value estimates. Although information effects are widely documented in stated preference studies, the reasons underlying the effects are less established. We focus on information about the policy context of the valuation scenario and examine two pathways which may help explain how including such information in a survey affects stated preferences. We hypothesize and empirically analyze whether the information effects on stated preferences can emerge as a result of changed perceptions about (1) the survey consequentiality and (2) the credibility of the valuation scenario upon facing the additional information. Our results confirm that the frequently found information effects can be present in the context of urban green and climate adaptation. The role of the additional information appears to be negligible for consequentiality perceptions. In contrast, the additional information strengthens the perceived credibility, and this may partially explain the information effects on stated preferences. We conclude that stated preference research may benefit from an increased attention to perceived credibility of the valuation scenario.

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The effect of information transfer related to soil biodiversity on Flemish citizens' preferences for forest management

Cited by 14 publications

References 79 publications

Information provision and preferences for more sustainable dairy farming: Choice experimental evidence from Sweden

Information provision and preferences for more sustainable dairy farming: Choice experimental evidence from Sweden

Small Family, Happy Family? Fertility Preferences and the Quantity–Quality Trade-Off in Sub-Saharan Africa

Information, Consequentiality and Credibility in Stated Preference Surveys: A Choice Experiment on Climate Adaptation

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