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Labor Market Impacts of a Large-Scale Public Works Program : Evidence from the Indian Employment Guarantee Scheme
Zimmermann, Laura - 2012
Recent years have seen an increasing interest in using public-works programs as anti-poverty measures in developing countries. This paper analyzes the rural labor market impacts of the Indian National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, one of the most ambitious programs of its kind, by using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099714
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Female Labour Force Participation and Child Education in India : The Effect of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
Afridi, Farzana - 2012
We study the impact of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) on children's educational outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104970
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Income Guarantees and Borrowing in Risky Environments : Evidence from India's Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
Bell, Clive - 2015
This paper investigates the effects of an income guarantee on borrowing to smooth consumption and finance cultivation in a risky setting with marked seasonality. A three-season, infinite-horizon theoretical model is developed and analyzed. The insights yielded by the model are then used to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013014041
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Local Funds and Political Competition : Evidence from the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in India
Gupta, Bhanu - 2014
Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in India which was introduced by the Indian National Congress (INC). Using longitudinal data … on funds sanctioned and election results from three rounds of elections in Rajasthan, a state in India, we find an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013053523
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Fiscal Decentralization, Rural Industrialization, and Undocumented Labor Mobility in Rural China (1982-87)
Chen, Yiu Por - 2015
This paper explores the relationship between fiscal decentralization, which gave greater rural industrialization and fiscal authority to local governments, and the emergence of rural-rural undocumented inter-provincial labor migration during China's initial reform period. A Heckman model is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013023009
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Short-Term Migration and Intergenerational Persistence of Industry in Rural India
Nandi, Tushar K. - 2015
that short-term migration by males reduces the probability of intergenerational persistence by 20% in rural India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016212
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Impact of Rural Employment Guarantee Schemes on Seasonal Labor Markets : Optimum Compensation and Workers' Welfare
Basu, Arnab K. - 2011
The recent enactment of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in India has been widely hailed a policy that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124790
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Lockdown and Rural Joblessness in India : Gender Inequality in Employment?
Dutta, Nabamita; Kar, Saibal - 2022
India experienced one of the strictest lockdowns during COVID-19 and sections of the workforce seemed overwhelmingly … disadvantaged. Given substantial poverty still, marginalized daily wage labor and gendered outcomes in the context of India …, economic shocks are expected to have disparate implications. Employing World Bank data for rural areas in six states of India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083707
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Women Political Leaders, Corruption and Learning : Evidence from a Large Public Program in India
Afridi, Farzana - 2013
India. Using primary survey data, we find more program inefficiencies and leakages in village councils reserved for women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013086212
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The Informal Labour Market in India : Transitory or Permanent Employment for Migrants?
Junankar, P. N. Raja - 2013
This paper studies the characteristics of the workers in the informal economy and whether migrants treat this sector as a temporary location before moving on to the organised or formal sector to improve their life time income and life style. We limit our study to the Indian urban...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013076167