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Diasporas and Outsourcing : Evidence from oDesk and India / Ejaz Ghani
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Ghani, Ejaz
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- NBER working paper series no. w18474
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- India.
- South Asia.
- Local Subjects:
- India.
- South Asia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (44 pages)
- Other Title:
- Diasporas and Outsourcing
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2013
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- This paper examines the role of the Indian diaspora in the outsourcing of work to India. The data are taken from oDesk, the world's largest online platform for outsourced contracts. Despite oDesk minimizing many of the frictions that diaspora connections have traditionally overcome, diaspora connections still matter on oDesk, with ethnic Indians substantially more likely to choose a worker in India. This higher placement is the result of a greater likelihood of choosing India for the initial contract, due in large part to taste-based preferences, and substantial path dependence in location choices. The paper further examines wage and performance outcomes of outsourcing as a function of ethnic connections.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- October 2012.
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