Wage Structure of a Kinki-Type Rural Labor Market in Employment Deterioration: A Case Study in Miyada Village, Nagano Prefecture, from 2009 to 2019

Abstract

Based on interviews with 52 farm households in Miyada Village, Nagano Prefecture, this paper analyzed the changes in the rural labor market of the area from 2009 to 2019. In 2009, most of the young males in the area had gotten stable employment, which made it difficult to conserve the farmland in the area. On the other hand, in 2019, a group of young males with unskilled labor wages were appearing. These changes in the target area are the result of employment deterioration.