Human capital and the Indian software industry / Ashish Arora, Surendra K. Bagde.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arora, Ashish.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Bagde, Surendra K.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w16167.

NBER working paper series no. w16167

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2010.

Summary:

Though previous studies have noted the role of skilled labor in the growth of the Indian software industry, they have not empirically investigated its importance. In this study we study the effect of the supply of engineers, measured by engineering baccalaureate capacity, on the regional growth of the software exports between 1990 and 2003. We find significant effect of engineering baccalaureate capacity on the growth of software exports even after controlling for other relevant factors. This conclusion is especially interesting because much of this capacity is due to private, rather than publicly supported colleges, and testifies to the private willingness to invest in human capital even in poor countries.

Notes:

Print version record

July 2010.