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We Won't Be Able to Find Jobs Here: How Growing Up in Rural America Shapes Decisions About Work
Ashley R Niccolai1, Sarah Damaske2, Jason Park2
1completed her doctoral candidacy exams at The Pennsylvania State University, United States.
The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences : RSF
|May 8, 2025
Summary
Rural upbringing, gender, and class significantly shape work aspirations and adjustments over time, especially in economically declining areas. These factors can worsen existing local labor market inequalities.
Area of Science:
- Sociology
- Rural Studies
- Labor Economics
Background:
- Understanding how socioeconomic and geographic factors influence career trajectories is crucial.
- Rural areas face unique economic challenges impacting residents' work aspirations.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the influence of rural upbringing on work aspirations across different life stages.
- To analyze how gender, class, and rurality interact to shape career goals and adjustments.
Main Methods:
- Qualitative study using data from sixty-eight in-depth interviews.
- Longitudinal analysis of work aspirations during late teens, transition to adulthood, and unemployment.
Main Results:
- Early work aspirations were shaped by rurality, gender, and class.
- Aspirations were adjusted during adulthood transitions and unemployment.
- Attachment to rural locations, gender, and class influenced these adjustments.
Conclusions:
- Rural environments, gender, and class are key determinants of work aspirations.
- Economic decline in rural areas exacerbates inequalities in labor market adjustments.
- Individual aspirations are constrained by structural factors in rural labor markets.
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