中山間地域等直接支払制度の政策効果

共同取組活動への配分が与える影響に着目して

抄録

The Japanese government introduced the Direct Payment Scheme for Hilly and Mountainous Areas (DPS) in 2000, with the aim of preventing further abandonment of farmland by helping farmers in such areas to continue farming, and thereby revitalize rural areas. Using an econometric technique, this paper measures the effectiveness of the DPS. The estimation results show that while the DPS has no causal effect on farmland conservation, it helps to promote collective action for common property resources (CPRs) management. Furthermore, this study elucidates that collective stewardship of CPRs and regional development are better facilitated in the rural areas where the DPS subsidies are allocated more to communities than to individual farms.