고령농가와 비고령농가 간 노동력 고용과 그 수요량에 영향을 미치는 요인 비교 분석

An Analysis of Factors Affecting Employment and Demand for Labor Force between Older Farmers and Non-elderly Farmers

A large part of Korea s agriculture industry is managed by business owners over 65 years of age, and the aging of farm households will be further intensified in the future. Therefore, an environment where aged farmers can continue to engage with farming should be built, rather than inducing the aged farmers with accumulated farming experiences to retire to cope with the aging framing population and solve the problems with reproduction. This study aims to analyze the determinants of the labor demand between the old and young farmer using a zero inflated model and hurdle binomial model. As a result, zero inflated binomial model shows better results from the view of log-likelihood and AIC. The results suggested that the participation and demand decisions for labor fore between older farmers and non-elderly farmers may not be based on the same decision making structure. Therefore, it is necessary to secure the manpower, considering the age of the business owner, even if they are identical product while identifying the employment labor led by the farmers cultivating the same products and seeking solutions to jointly put these manpower into farming.