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 …

, the world's largest online platform for outsourced contracts, where India is the largest country in terms of contract …This study examines the role of the Indian diaspora in the outsourcing of work to India. Our data are taken from oDesk … volume. We use an ethnic name procedure to identify ethnic Indian users of oDesk in other countries around the world. We find …

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 …