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Diasporas and Outsourcing : Evidence from Odesk and India
Ghani, Syed Ejaz - 2014
This study examines the role of the Indian diaspora in the outsourcing of work to India. Our data are taken from oDesk … diaspora-based contracts mainly serve to lower costs for the company contacts outsourcing the work, as the workers in India are …
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Digital Labor Markets and Global Talent Flows
Horton, John J. - 2017
-connected exchanges on digital platforms, 2) gravity model analyses of global outsourcing contract flows and their determinants for …
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Digitization and the Contract Labor Market : A Research Agenda
Agrawal, Ajay K. - 2014
Online contract labor globalizes traditionally local labor markets, with platforms that enable employers, most of whom are in high-income countries, to more easily outsource tasks to contractors, primarily located in low-income countries. This market is growing rapidly; we provide descriptive...
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Global Sourcing
Antras, Pol; Helpman, Elhanan - 2021
We present a North South model of international trade in which differentiated products are developed in the North. Sectors are populated by final-good producers who differ in productivity levels. Based on productivity and sectoral characteristics, firms decide whether to integrate into the...
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Outsourcing When Investments are Specific and Complementary
Lileeva, Alla - 2014
Using the universe of large Canadian manufacturing firms in 1988 and 1996, we investigate to what extent outsourcing … outsourcing less likely; (ii) complementarities between the investments of the buyer and the seller are also associated with less … outsourcing; (iii) property rights predictions on the link between investment intensities and optimal ownership are only supported …
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Propose with a Rose? Signaling in Internet Dating Markets
Lee, Soohyung - 2011
The large literature on costly signaling and the somewhat scant literature on preference signaling had varying success in showing the effectiveness of signals. We use a field experiment to show that even when everyone can send a signal, signals are free and the only costs are opportunity costs,...
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Net Neutrality : A Fast Lane to Understanding the Trade-Offs
Greenstein, Shane M. - 2016
The “net neutrality” principle has triggered a heated debate and advocates have proposed policy interventions. In this paper, we provide perspective by framing issues in terms of the positive economic factors at work. We stress the incentives of market participants, and highlight the...
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The Online Laboratory : Conducting Experiments in a Real Labor Market
Horton, John J. - 2015
Online labor markets have great potential as platforms for conducting experiments, as they provide immediate access to a large and diverse subject pool and allow researchers to conduct randomized controlled trials. We argue that online experiments can be just as valid - both internally and...
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Streaming Reaches Flood Stage : Does Spotify Stimulate or Depress Music Sales?
Aguiar, Luis - 2015
Streaming music services have exploded in popularity in the past few years, variously raising optimism and concern about their impacts on recorded music revenue. On the one hand, streaming services allow sellers to engage in bundling with the promise of increasing revenues, profits, and consumer...
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The Empirical Economics of Online Attention
Boik, Andre - 2016
In several markets, firms compete not for consumer expenditure but instead for consumer attention. We model and characterize how households allocate their scarce attention in arguably the largest market for attention: the Internet. Our characterization of household attention allocation operates...
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