Title page
Contents
Acknowledgements 4
Abstract 5
Introduction 7
Definitions 8
A brief history of offshoring 9
The future: digital offshoring 9
The motivations of companies to offshore 11
The barriers to offshoring 11
The characteristics of offshorable jobs 12
What share of jobs is offshorable? 13
Reshoring (and the motivations to reshore) 14
The impact of offshoring on the domestic labour market 15
The impact of reshoring on the domestic labour market 17
Government policy 17
Research roadmap 19
References 22
Figure 1. The relationship between offshoring and outsourcing 8
Figure 2. Demand for, and offers of, remote work have risen substantially 10