Do IT service centers promote school enrollment? Evidence from India

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 123-135

  Oster, Emily ^a,b   Steinberg, Bryce Millett ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Call centers; Education; India; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; GLOBALIZATION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; OUTSOURCING; PANEL DATA; PRIMARY EDUCATION; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; SKILLED LABOR;

INDIA;

EID: 84879491594     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2013.05.006     Document Type: Article

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