The nation’s biggest cities are on pace to become significantly larger, richer, and more powerful in the coming decade, while the rest of the nation, particularly rural regions, are in danger of losing more jobs, many to automation, new study finds.
A new study examining the future of work in the U.S. spells bad news for America’s smaller communities and a growing national divide when it comes to jobs.
At risk of falling further behind are the nation’s smaller communities, particularly those whose economies have traditionally relied upon agricultural and manufacturing jobs and whose work forces are older and less educated. “The more urban an occupation is, the more likely that occupation is to grow in the future,” he said. “Future job growth is likely to favor urban areas.”
Lund said retraining workers will be critical in coming years and noted that this week’s announcement by Amazon that it plans to retrain one third of its workers is a positive sign. The company announced Thursday it plans to spend $700 million to retrain 100,000 workers to do more high-tech tasks in what is being billed as one of the largest employee retraining undertakings in the world.
“People in the U.S. are moving at half the rate that they moved in 1990,” Lund said. “People don’t move as often.”
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