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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spelling	okr-10986-132002021-04-23T14:03:07Z Diasporas and Outsourcing : Evidence from oDesk and India Ghani, Ejaz Kerr, William R. Stanton, Christopher 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 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. 2013-04-18T16:33:09Z 2013-04-18T16:33:09Z 2013-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17550067/diasporas-outsourcing-evidence-odesk-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13200 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6403 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia India
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topic	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
spellingShingle	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 Ghani, Ejaz Kerr, William R. Stanton, Christopher Diasporas and Outsourcing : Evidence from oDesk and India
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relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6403
description	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.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Ghani, Ejaz Kerr, William R. Stanton, Christopher
author_facet	Ghani, Ejaz Kerr, William R. Stanton, Christopher
author_sort	Ghani, Ejaz
title	Diasporas and Outsourcing : Evidence from oDesk and India
title_short	Diasporas and Outsourcing : Evidence from oDesk and India
title_full	Diasporas and Outsourcing : Evidence from oDesk and India
title_fullStr	Diasporas and Outsourcing : Evidence from oDesk and India
title_full_unstemmed	Diasporas and Outsourcing : Evidence from oDesk and India
title_sort	diasporas and outsourcing : evidence from odesk and india
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17550067/diasporas-outsourcing-evidence-odesk-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13200
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Diasporas and Outsourcing : Evidence from oDesk and India

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