Quantitative Study of Poverty Factor of Farm Village in Thailand using Micro Data and Pseudo Panel Data

• Project/Area Number: 25450350
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Agricultural science in rural society and development
• Research Institution: Seinan Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: SHINTANI Masahiko 西南学院大学, 公私立大学の部局等, 名誉教授 (70069706)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
• Keywords: タイ / 貧困 / 社会経済調査 / 教育投資 / 女子高等教育 / 農業労働者家計 / 恒常所得仮説 / 農村貧困政策 / ミンサー方程式 / トリートメント効果 / 賃金所得関数 / サンプルセレクションモデル / プロビットモデル / ライフサイクル仮説 / タイ社会経済調査 / 個別結果表

Outline of Final Research Achievements

As a source of poverty in farm village in Thailand, a possibility of scanty human capital accumulation is investigated using the micro data of the socio-economic survey. The estimated rates of return on the educational investment confirms that the effect of investing in high level education for the female in farm village is very high. Agricultural labor households are equivalent to the poverty household in farm villages. Estimated saving functions of agricultural labor households are consistent with the permanent income hypothesis and reveal difficulties in accumulation of capitals.
The short term poverty policies conducted by the several administrations since 2001 have not been very effective in changing the saving behavior of agricultural labor households. The results of this study suggest that the government should adapt the long term poverty policies which emphasize educational investments for the purpose of solving poverty problems in farm village.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 社会生活基本調査による文化需要のコーホート分析 (2016)
  • Author(s): 新谷正彦、勝浦正樹
  • Journal Title: 文化経済学 Volume: 13 Pages: 12-24
  • NAID: 40020802947
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] タイの女子高等教育効果の推定 (2014)
  • Author(s): 新谷正彦
  • Journal Title: 東アジアへの視点 Volume: 第25巻4号 Pages: 77-86
  • NAID: 130007871444
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] タイ国家計の貯蓄行動ーマイクロデータ利用による貯蓄関数の計測ー (2015)
  • Author(s): 新谷正彦
  • Organizer: TEA秋季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京農工大学農学部
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-27
• [Presentation] タイの女子高等教育効果の推定
  • Author(s): 新谷正彦
  • Organizer: 日本農業経済学会
  • Place of Presentation: 神戸大学