Diasporas and Outsourcing : Evidence from oDesk and India

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...

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Main Authors:	Ghani, Ejaz, Kerr, William R., Stanton, Christopher
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
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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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17550067/diasporas-outsourcing-evidence-odesk-india
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13200