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Offshoring to a Developing Nation with a Dual Labor Market

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  • Subhayu Bandyopadhyay
  • Arnab K. Basu
  • Nancy H. Chau
  • Devashish Mitra

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We present a model of offshoring of tasks to a developing nation characterized by a minimum-wage formal sector and a flexible-wage informal sector. Some offshored tasks are outsourced by the formal sector to the lower-wage informal sector.

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  • Subhayu Bandyopadhyay & Arnab K. Basu & Nancy H. Chau & Devashish Mitra, 2020. "Offshoring to a Developing Nation with a Dual Labor Market," Review, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, vol. 102(3), pages 237-253, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedlrv:88592
    DOI: 10.20955/r.102.237-53
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