Access to water as determinant of rental values: A housing hedonic analysis in Rwanda

• In this paper, we study the determinants of rental values in urban housing markets in Kigali, Rwanda. In particular, we study the value of access to piped water; due to the high costs associated with installing new piped connections, renting a property with an existing connection is often the only way for low income households to access piped water. Our results indicate that extending the piped network to a new house will in many cases raise the rental value of the house enough to pay for the cost of installing the new connection in less than two years.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Ekonomi och näringsliv (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Economics and Business (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Nationalekonomi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Economics and Business -- Economics (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Africa

Rwanda

Water access

Hedonic price

Real estate

Non-market valuation

AFRICAN CITY

REAL-ESTATE

DEMAND

PRICES

CHOICE

QUALITY

MARKETS

NIGERIA

GHANA

LAND

Economics

Urban Studies

Africa

Economics

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