?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4972%2F&rft.title=Learning+in+Informal+Networks%3A+Contraceptive+Choice+and+Other+Technological+Dynamics&rft.creator=Kohler%2C+H.-P.&rft.description=This+paper+devises+three+formal+models+of+'learning+in+informal+networks'+to+study+the+long+term+implications+of+word-of-mouth+communications+for+the+diffusion+of+contraceptive+knowledge.+The+models+differ+in+the+information+that+is+shared+among+network+partners%2C+and+with+respect+to+the+sophistication+of+women's+decision+rules.+The+theoretical+properties+of+these+models+are+compared+with+empirical+evidence+based+on+the+1973+Korean+survey+on+women's+social+networks+and+contraceptive+choices.+The+analysis+proposes+a+qualitative+choice+rule+that+models+women's+contraceptive+decisions+as+an+econometrician's+problem+to+infer+the+differential+quality+of+contraceptives+from+informal+conversations.&rft.publisher=WP-96-054&rft.date=1996-06&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4972%2F1%2FWP-96-054.pdf&rft.identifier=++Kohler%2C+H.-P.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1380.html%3E++(1996).++Learning+in+Informal+Networks%3A+Contraceptive+Choice+and+Other+Technological+Dynamics.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-96-054+++++