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abstract: 'Individuals living in farm households who commute to wage employment
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make up an important portion of Japan''s `''nonfarm'''' workers. This study
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examines their growing numbers and the regional and sectoral trends in
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their off-farm jobs, to argue that farms have been more involved in
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recent macroeconomic growth than is commonly acknowledged. In the 20
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years between 1965 and 1985, individuals living on farms filled new
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manufacturing jobs in the regions outside the Tokaido, urban-industrial
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belt. State subsidies for farm families'' agricultural production have
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been generous, but have paid mainly for farm mechanization, which in
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turn has allowed and required farm residents to seek off-farm income.
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Regional policy has directed industrial plants to locate in farming
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regions, both to provide jobs to farmers and to provide workers to
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industries. To the extent that farm subsidies have partly supported
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rural households while enabling members to accept low-wage jobs in
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machinery manufacturing, farm subsidies have provided labor-cost
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advantages to the leading firms and industries in this period of
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restructuring. When farm households are viewed in this larger context of
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their off-farm employment, they have not fallen outside the loop of
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national economic growth in recent years, but have remained integral to
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that growth.'
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affiliation: McDonald, MG (Corresponding Author), UNIV HAWAII,DEPT GEOG,HONOLULU,HI
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96822, USA.
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author: McDonald, MG
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author_list:
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- family: McDonald
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given: MG
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.2307/144502
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files: []
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issn: 0013-0095
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journal: ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
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keywords: 'part-time farming; industrial restructuring; regional job shift;
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off-farm employment; Japan'
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keywords-plus: TECHNOPOLIS PROGRAM; RICE POLICY; TECHNOLOGY; AGRICULTURE; INDUSTRY
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language: English
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month: JAN
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number: '1'
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number-of-cited-references: '124'
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pages: 49-72
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papis_id: bd590586c586f36942c331f8e95b3a58
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ref: Mcdonald1996farmersworkers
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tags:
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- review
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times-cited: '14'
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title: Farmers as workers in Japan's regional economic restructuring, 1965-1985
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:A1996TX02800004
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '13'
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volume: '72'
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web-of-science-categories: Economics; Geography
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year: '1996'
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