Dynamics of Local Labor Markets and Agricultural Structures in the Okinawa Remote Islands: A Comparative Study of Tarama Island and Yonaguni Island

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  • 沖縄県の小規模離島における地域労働市場と農業構造動態―多良間島・与那国島の比較検討―
  • オキナワケン ノ ショウキボ リトウ ニ オケル チイキ ロウドウ シジョウ ト ノウギョウ コウゾウ ドウタイ : タリョウ カントウ ・ ヨナグニジマ ノ ヒカク ケントウ

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<p>This paper considers conditions on small, remote islands, specifically Tarama Island and Yonaguni Island, as a part of an analysis of the relationship between Okinawan local labor markets and agricultural structures, with a focus on differences between regions within the prefecture. On Tarama Island, where the local labor market is underdeveloped, ties to Japanese economic trends are weak, and there has consistently been a clear lack of non-agricultural employment opportunities as well as a low wage level outside of agriculture. On Yonaguni Island, where the local labor market is relatively developed, the wages of non-agricultural employees are high and many people are regularly employed, but there is a limitation of non-agricultural employment opportunities; a trend that has worsened for the generations subsequent to those in the second sugar cane boom. The limited local labor markets have increased the significance of agricultural income, which lead many young people to work in the agricultural sector. On Tarama Island, given that the conditions for an increase in productivity within agriculture are in place, an agricultural structure tilted toward the upper and middle classes has formed. As a result the shortage of supply on agricultural land market has remained serious. On Yonaguni Island, because non-agricultural employment opportunities have existed in advance and agricultural productivity is less improving, young people working full-time in agriculture have emerged sporadically, and their accumulation of agricultural land has been realized with ease.</p>

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