NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES DETERMINANTS OF TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION: PRIVATE VALUE AND PEER EFFECTS IN MENSTRUAL CUP TAKE-UP
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES DETERMINANTS OF TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION: PRIVATE VALUE AND PEER EFFECTS IN MENSTRUAL CUP TAKE-UP
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NBER 工作论文系列技术采用的决定因素:月经杯采用中的私人价值和同行效应
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10.3386/w14828
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2009
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Rebecca Thornton
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Emily Oster;Rebecca Thornton
We estimate the role of benefits and peer effects in technology adoption using data from randomized distribution of menstrual cups in Nepal. Using individual randomization, we estimate causal effects of peer exposure on adoption; using differences in potential returns we estimate effects of benefits. We find both peers and value influence adoption. Using the fact that we observe both trial and usage of the product, we examine the mechanisms driving peer effects. We find that peers matters because individuals learn how to use the technology from their friends, but that they do not affect individual desire to use the cup. Emily Oster University of Chicago Department of Economics 1126 East 59th Street Chicago, IL 60637 and NBER eoster@uchicago.edu Rebecca Thornton 426 Thompson St. Ann Arbor, MI 48106 rebeccal@umich.edu Determinants of Technology Adoption: Private Value and Peer Effects in Menstrual Cup Take-Up Emily Oster University of Chicago and NBER eoster@uchicago.edu Rebecca Thornton∗ University of Michigan rebeccal@umich.edu