The Characteristics of Offshorable Jobs
By Jared Bernstein
Lawrence Mishel
James Lin
11-14-07
Opinion pieces and speeches by EPI staff and associates.
November 14, 2007
The Characteristics of Offshorable Jobs
In recent years there has been increased attention to the fact that more jobs, particularly white-collar jobs, have become vulnerable to being offshored. This new analysis examines the characteristics of these jobs. Examining the occupations identified by Princeton economics professor Alan Blinder as "potentially offshorable," this EPI analysis finds that between 18% and 22% of today's jobs — about 25 to 30 million — could potentially be offshored. Interestingly, the workers most vulnerable to offshoring are those with at least a four-year college degree.
Read this publication in PDF format
[POSTED TO VIEWPOINTS ON NOVEMBER 14, 2007.]
Sign Up to Stay Informed
Search EPI.org
RELATED PUBLICATIONS
- Germany protects jobs
- The status of the steel industry and U.S. manufacturing
- A nation of immigrants
- Setting the record straight on GM
- Labor Shortages and Comprehensive Immigration Reform [event]
- Enforcement needed in H-1B Visa laws
- Out from the shadows
- Immigration for Shared Prosperity
- Invest in America: Essential policies needed to secure U.S. jobs in the auto industry
- Note to Big Three: Invest in America
- See more publications about: Trade and Global Integration
Browse Other Publications by Jared Bernstein
- Building an Economic Recovery Package: Creating and Preserving Jobs in America
- Job losses accelerate at alarming rate in November
- Bringing us from bad to better: Next stimulus plan must be adequate in scale and implemented quickly
- What we need to get by—A basic standard of living costs $48,778, and nearly a third of families fall short
- Browse All Publications
Browse Other Publications by Lawrence Mishel
- Corporate group tries, fails to discredit economic argument
- EPI statement on economic recovery package
- Time to rescind wasteful business tax cuts from stimulus
- Highest unemployment rate since 1983
- The Wage Implosion
- The worst downturn since the Great Depression
- Browse All Publications
