TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Basistha, Ahana
AU  - Prakash, Nishith
AU  - Sherif, Raisa
        TI  - Sorting It Out: Contribution-Action Gap in Waste Segregation in Urban India
        PY  - 2024/Dec/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 17508
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp17508
        AB  - Urban waste management challenges pose significant health and economic consequences. Although source-level waste segregation offers a promising solution, its success depends on household participation. Through a randomized controlled trial in the capital city of Bihar, India, we evaluate how light-touch messaging interventions influence household waste management practices. Our results reveal a stark behavioral disconnect: while interventions increased financial contributions to waste segregation initiativesby 9.6 - 11.7 percent compared to the control group, they failed to improve actual waste segregation practices. This gap between financial support and behavioral change highlights the complexity of promoting sustainable waste management practices in urban households.
        KW  - willingness to contribute
KW  - household waste management
KW  - religious messaging
KW  - civic messaging
KW  - waste segregation
KW  - field experiment
KW  - India
        ER  -