Human capital and the Indian software industry

Ashish Arora () and Surendra K. Bagde

No 16167, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: Though previous studies have noted the role of skilled labor in the growth of the Indian software industry, they have not empirically investigated its importance. In this study we study the effect of the supply of engineers, measured by engineering baccalaureate capacity, on the regional growth of the software exports between 1990 and 2003. We find significant effect of engineering baccalaureate capacity on the growth of software exports even after controlling for other relevant factors. This conclusion is especially interesting because much of this capacity is due to private, rather than publicly supported colleges, and testifies to the private willingness to invest in human capital even in poor countries.

JEL-codes: I2 I28 J24 O15 O53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-07
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Published as in "Dimensions of Economic Theory and Policy Essays for Anjan Mukherji" ed. Krishnendu Ghosh Dastidar, Hiranya Mukhopadhyay, and Uday Bhanu Sinha. December 2011

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