examine the role of one of the world's largest employment guarantee schemes, India's MG-NREGA, in cushioning job losses in one … capacity to provide public workdays under the scheme generated relatively higher employment during the pandemic. Consequently … areas in April-August 2020 by 7% overall and by 74% for rural women, over baseline employment rate. These cushioning effects …

, work hours, and monthly earnings, while in contrast home-based self-employment increased among wives - both in the network …