Digital labor markets and global talent flows
John J. Horton, William Kerr, Christopher Stanton
Published: High-Skilled Migration to the United States and Its Economic Consequences: 71-108 (2018)
Last updated: 2018
Summary
Digital labor markets are rapidly expanding and connecting companies and contractors on a global basis. We review the environment in which these markets take root, the micro- and macro-level studies of their operations, their ongoing evolution and recent trends, and perspectives for undertaking research with micro-data from these labor platforms. We undertake new empirical analyses of Upwork data regarding 1) the alignment of micro- and macro-level approaches to disproportionate ethnic-connected exchanges on digital platforms, 2) gravity model analyses of global outsourcing contract flows and their determinants for digital labor markets, and 3) quantification of own- and cross-country elasticities for contract work by wage rate. Digital labor markets are an exciting frontier for global talent flows and growing rapidly in importance.
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@incollection{horton2018digitallabormarketsandglobaltalentflows,
title = {{Digital Labor Markets and Global Talent Flows}},
author = {Horton, John J. and Kerr, William and Stanton, Christopher},
booktitle = {High-Skilled Migration to the United States and Its Economic Consequences},
year = {2018},
pages = {71-108},
doi = {10.7208/chicago/9780226525662.003.0003},
url = {https://www.nber.org/papers/w23398}
}