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The Effect of Early Childhood Developmental Program Attendance on Future School Enrollment and Grade Progression in Rural North India
Hazarika, Gautam - 2010
, upon 7-19 years olds' school enrollment and grade progression in rural North India. It hopes both to extend to less …
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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...
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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 …
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The Impact of Indian Job Guarantee Scheme on Labor Market Outcomes : Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Azam, Mehtabul - 2012
(NREGA), enacted in August 2005, is one such program in India. This paper assesses causal impacts (Intent-to-Treat) of NREGA …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106290
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Food for Fuel : The Effect of the US Biofuel Mandate on Poverty in India
Chakravorty, Ujjayant - 2019
RFS on world food prices and their impact on household level consumption and wage incomes in India. We first develop a … are greater among urban households. However, more poor people in India live in villages, so rural poverty impacts are …
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Aggregate Effects from Public Works : Evidence from India
Cook, C. Justin - 2020
This paper explores the aggregate economic effects from India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012822839
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Welfare Implications of India's Employment Guarantee Programme with a Wage Payment Delay
Basu, Parantap - 2015
) of the Government of India. We argue that a chronic friction of wage payment delay in this flagship programme could …
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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 …
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Impact of Caregiver Incentives on Child Health : Evidence from an Experiment with Anganwadi Workers in India
Singh, Prakarsh - 2016
in India. In a controlled study of 160 daycare centers serving over 4,000 children, we randomly assign individual workers …
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How Successful are Banking Sector Reforms in Emerging Market Economies? Evidence from Impact of Monetary Policy on Levels and Structures of Firm Debt in India
Bhaumik, Sumon K. - 2016
success of banking reforms in India where significant banking reforms have been introduced since 1990s. Using the argument …
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