한국의 농가소득 결정에 미치는 요인 분석

The main purpose of this study is to examine the key determinants of farm household income in Korea. To examine the key determinants, econometric models were constructed, and the related parameters were estimated using the data of 2002 Farm Household Economy Survey Report prepared by KOSIS. The results of estimation showed that the productivity of farm household is positively related with the level of education on the whole. Moreover, the productivity of female farmer, especially in non-agriculture sector was shown to be greater than that of male. Another interesting finding was that an increase in the scale of cultivated land per farm household, especially for full-time household and of livestock heads per household especially in combined agriculture lead to an increase in farm household income. From the analyses we can draw some policy implications which may play important roles in the process of implementing the Overall Plan for Agricultural Sector and Rural Areas for 10 years from 2004. Those can be summarized as follow: These are needs 1) for more investment in human capital in agricultural sector; 2) for more development program attention to female farmer especially in non-agricultural sector; 3) for more enlargement the scale of cultivated land per household especially in full-time household; 4) for strategy that lead farm household of small scale to part-time household, lead farm household of larger scale to full-time household, and 5) for more enlargement the scale of livestock heads per household especially in combined agricultural sector.