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Trade, Internal Migration, and Human Capital: Who Gains from India’s IT Boom?

dc.contributor.authorGhose, Devaki
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-29T12:46:42Z
dc.date.available2021-07-29T12:46:42Z
dc.date.issued2021-07
dc.description.abstractHow do trade shocks affect welfare and inequality when human capital is endogenous? Using an external IT demand shock and detailed internal migration data from India, this paper first document that both IT employment and engineering enrollment responded to the rise in IT exports. IT employment responded more in regions with a higher college-age population. The paper then develop a quantitative spatial equilibrium model featuring two new channels: higher education choice and differential costs of migrating for college and work. Using the framework, I quantify the aggregate and distributional effects of the IT boom and perform counterfactuals. Without endogenous education, the estimated aggregate welfare gain from the export shock would have been about a third, and regional inequality twice as large. Reducing barriers to mobility for education, such as introducing a national scholarship for students at higher education institutes, would substantially reduce inequality in the gains from the IT boom across districts.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/565441627412473697/Trade-Internal-Migration-and-Human-Capital-Who-Gains-from-India-s-IT-Boom
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9738
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/36038
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9738
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectTRADE
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectLABOR MOBILITY
dc.subjectACCESS TO EDUCATION
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectDIGITAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectLABOR SKILLS
dc.titleTrade, Internal Migration, and Human Capitalen
dc.title.subtitleWho Gains from India’s IT Boom?en
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dc.typeDocument de travailfr
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okr.crossref.titleTrade, Internal Migration, and Human Capital: Who Gains from India's IT Boom?
okr.date.disclosure2021-07-27
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:08:36.281334Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/565441627412473697/Trade-Internal-Migration-and-Human-Capital-Who-Gains-from-India-s-IT-Boom
okr.guid565441627412473697
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9738
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b08883958b_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum33298722
okr.identifier.reportWPS9738
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/565441627412473697/pdf/Trade-Internal-Migration-and-Human-Capital-Who-Gains-from-India-s-IT-Boom.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryIndia
okr.topicEducation::Education and Digital Divide
okr.topicEducation::Education for the Knowledge Economy
okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::Information Technology
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Skills Development and Labor Force Training
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group, Development Economics
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