Abstract
This paper constructed a job selection model of principal earners in farm households by agricultural regions. Principal earners here are defined as farm household heads in the productive-age population, and the farms living heavily on the land-intensive crop sectors are surveyed. The model is designed to evaluate the effect of farm subsidies, and a binary logit model is applied. The Findings are as follows:
1)The area of farmland, two kinds of farm subsi dies (price support policy and structural policy), and the wage system of off-farm jobs influence the job selection with different effects.
2)The degree of the influence differs by region.
3)The above findings imply that it is important to consider the characteristics of subsidies, impact on job selection, and regional differences when discussing agricultural policies.
