Diasporas and Outsourcing : Evidence from oDesk and India

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.

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Main Authors:	Ghani, Ejaz, Kerr, William R., Stanton, Christopher
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013-04
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION, ACCOUNTING, ATTRIBUTES, AUTOMOBILE, AVERAGE WAGE, BARGAINING, BARGAINING POWER, BID, BIDS, BRAIN DRAIN, BUSINESS MODEL, BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS, BUSINESS SERVICES, BUYERS, CAPABILITIES, CAPABILITY, CAPITAL FLOWS, CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, CHECKS, COMMUNITIES, COMPETITIVENESS, COMPUTER TERMINALS, CONNECTIVITY, CONTRACT LABOR, CUSTOM, CUSTOMER SERVICE, DATA ENTRY, DEBT, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, DIASPORA NETWORKS, E-COMMERCE, ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, ELECTRONIC MARKETS, EMERGING ECONOMIES, EMPLOYEE, EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP, EXTERNALITIES, FINANCIAL CRISIS, FINANCIAL MARKETS, FIRM PERFORMANCE, FIRM SIZE, FIRM SIZE DISTRIBUTION, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, FOREIGN INVESTMENTS, FOREIGN MARKET, FUNCTIONALITY, FUTURES, GENERAL POPULATION, GLOBALIZATION, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RESOURCE, IMAGE, INDEXING, INEXPERIENCED WORKERS, INFORMATION ASYMMETRY, INFORMATION FLOWS, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, INSTANT ACCESS, INSTITUTION, INTERNATIONAL BANK, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INVENTION, INVENTORS, JOB SEEKERS, JOBS, LABOR ECONOMICS, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKETS, LABOR MOBILITY, LOAN, MANUFACTURING, MARKET CONDITIONS, MARKET FAILURE, MARKETING, MATERIAL, MISSING VALUES, MULTIMEDIA, NETWORKING, OPEN ACCESS, OPEN ECONOMIES, ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE, OUTSOURCING, PEER-TO-PEER, PERFORMANCES, PREVIOUS SECTION, PREVIOUS WORK, PRODUCTIVITY, PROGRAMMING, PROPERTY RIGHTS, REGISTRIES, REMITTANCES, RENTS, RESULT, RESULTS, RETURN, SAN, SEARCH, SEARCH RESULTS, SEARCHES, SILICON, SOCIAL CAPITAL, SOCIAL NETWORKS, SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, SOFTWARE INDUSTRY, STOCKS, SYSTEMS SOFTWARE, TECHNICAL SKILLS, TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE, TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, TELEPHONE, TELEPHONE LINES, TELEPHONE PENETRATION, TIME ZONE, TIME ZONES, TRADING, TRANSACTION, TRANSLATION, TRUST FUND, UNIQUE VISITS, USERS, USES, WAGE DETERMINATION, WAGE EFFECTS, WAGE RATE, WAGE RATES, WAGES, WEB, WEB DEVELOPMENT, WEBSITE, WORKER,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17550067/diasporas-outsourcing-evidence-odesk-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13200
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