Animal Welfare and Eggs – Cheap Talk or Money on the Counter?

L. M. Andersen

Abstract
Our estimate revealed willingness to pay for animal welfare using a panel mixed logit model. We utilise a unique household level panel, combining real purchases with survey data on perceived public and private good attributes of different types of eggs. We estimate willingness to pay for organic eggs controlling for trust in a positive connection between the public good animal welfare and the organic label and the private good food safety also connected to the label. Our results suggest that in the real world, animal welfare plays a minor role in the demand for agricultural products.


Source
Journal of Agricultural Economics (2011) 62: 565-584
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2011.00310.x


Author Locations and Affiliations
Institute of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen
E-mail la@foi.dk


Posted August 2011