The Impact of age struture on agricultural production in Thailand

Name: Pakapon Saiyut

LCSH: Kasetsart University -- Dissertations. Ph.D. (Agricultural and Resource Economics) 2018

Classification :.LCCS: HD2080.55

LCSH: Kasetsart University. -- Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics -- Dissertations

LCSH: Agricultural productivity -- Thailand

LCSH: Farm produce -- Thailand

LCSH: Agricultural laborers -- Thailand

Abstract: Thailand is a country with a rapidly aging population. The changing age structure of the national labor force from a working-age labor force (aged 15-59) to an old-age labor force (aged 60 and older) has a potentially negative impact on agricultural production and its efficiency. The objectives of this research are to estimate the elasticity of input substitution and to estimate the age structure effect of agricultural labor force on technical efficiency. The research indicated that the substitutability between working-age and old-age labor forces might not be easy. It is easier for capital to be substituted for the working-age labor force rather than old-age labor force. Moreover, the old-age labors who could adopt and work with physical capital could be easily substituted with the working-age labor. The estimated results of the technical inefficiency model identified that the old-age labor increased the technical inefficiency whereas the working-age labor reduced the technical inefficiency. In addition, if the old-age labor force is equipped with physical capital, the technical inefficiency declined. As a result, both the public sector and the private sector should encourage young people to participate in agricultural labor force and become ‘smart’ farmers by providing financial incentives and provide farm and marketing knowledge due to the fact that the degree of substitutability of working-age and old-age labor is relatively low, as well as to increase efficiency in agricultural production. The government should encourage the use of agricultural machinery to compensate for the continuously declining number of working-age laborers and to increase production efficiency.

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Name: Isriya Bunyasiri

Role: Thesis Advisor

Name: Prapinwadee Sirisupluxana

Role: Thesis CO-Advisor

Created: 2018

Modified: 2025-06-29

Issued: 2025-06-29

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URL: https://www.lib.ku.ac.th/KUthesis/2561/pakapon-sai-all.pdf

CallNumber: HD2080.55 .P35

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Spatial: Thailand

Spatial: Thailand

Spatial: Thailand

DegreeName: Doctor of Philosophy

Level: Doctoral Degree

Descipline: Agricultural and Resource Economics

Grantor: Kasetsart University

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