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abstract: 'By allowing individuals to engage in remote relationships with foreign
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employers, online labor markets have the potential to mitigate the
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inefficiency costs due to the legal barriers and other frictions
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deterring international physical migration. This study investigates how
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the supply of foreign labor in digital and physical markets responds
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differently to monetary incentives. We use a unique data set containing
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information on digital labor flows from a major global online labor
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platform in conjunction with data on physical labor flows. We exploit
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short-term fluctuations in the exchange rate as a source of econometric
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identification: a depreciation of a country''s currency against the U.S.
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dollar increases the incentives of its workers to seek digital and
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physical employment from employers based in the United States. Using a
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panel count data model, we find that monetary incentives induced by
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depreciations of foreign currencies against the U.S. dollar are
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positively associated with the supply of foreign labor in digital
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markets, as expected from the frictionless nature of electronic markets.
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However, we fail to find a positive relationship between monetary
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incentives and the supply of foreign labor in physical markets, which
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might be expected due to the substantial bureaucratic restrictions and
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transaction costs associated with physical migration. We further examine
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how countries'' income and information and communications technologies
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development levels moderate the positive relationship between monetary
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incentives and digital labor flows. Our findings are useful for gauging
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the extent to which digital labor flows can alleviate the economic
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inefficiencies from the restrictions on physical migration.'
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affiliation: 'Gong, J (Corresponding Author), Temple Univ, Informat Syst, Dept Management
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Informat Syst, Fox Sch Business, Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA.
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Gong, Jing, Temple Univ, Informat Syst, Dept Management Informat Syst, Fox Sch Business,
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Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA.
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Hong, Yili, Arizona State Univ, Informat Syst, WP Carey Sch Business, Tempe, AZ
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85287 USA.
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Hong, Yili, Arizona State Univ, Digital Soc Initiat, WP Carey Sch Business, Tempe,
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AZ 85287 USA.
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Hong, Yili, Arizona State Univ, Dept Informat Syst, WP Carey Sch Business, Tempe,
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AZ 85287 USA.
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Zentner, Alejandro, Univ Texas Dallas, Naveen Jindal Sch Management, Managerial
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Econ, Richardson, TX 75083 USA.'
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author: Gong, Jing and Hong, Yili and Zentner, Alejandro
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author-email: 'gong@temple.edu
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hong@asu.edu
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azentner@utdallas.edu'
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author_list:
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- family: Gong
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given: Jing
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- family: Hong
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given: Yili
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- family: Zentner
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given: Alejandro
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1080/07421222.2018.1481661
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eissn: 1557-928X
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files: []
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issn: 0742-1222
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journal: JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
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keywords: 'Economics of information systems; electronic markets; income elasticity;
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information policy; monetary incentive theory; online labor markets;
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outsourcing; remote employment; digital labor markets'
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keywords-plus: 'INFORMATION; MARKETS; ECONOMICS; PREFERENCES; IMMIGRATION; REPUTATION;
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MIGRATION; BUSINESS; COMMERCE; IMPACT'
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language: English
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number: '3'
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number-of-cited-references: '59'
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orcid-numbers: 'Hong, Yili/0000-0002-0577-7877
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Gong, Jing/0000-0003-4659-4900'
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pages: 866-899
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papis_id: 65a9ec6f6a2e5d753f57895392babf61
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ref: Gong2018rolemonetary
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researcherid-numbers: 'Hong, Yili/M-6093-2016
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N''Dri, Amoin Bernadine/IWD-7811-2023
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Gong, Jing/N-1374-2016'
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times-cited: '9'
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title: Role of Monetary Incentives in the Digital and Physical Inter-Border Labor
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Flows
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000448730500008
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usage-count-last-180-days: '6'
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usage-count-since-2013: '59'
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volume: '35'
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web-of-science-categories: 'Computer Science, Information Systems; Information Science
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\& Library
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Science; Management'
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year: '2018'
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