Ghani, Ejaz; Kerr, William R.; Stanton, Christopher - 2013
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 … to choose a worker in India. This higher placement is the result of a greater likelihood of choosing India for the …