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Is workfare cost-effective against poverty in a poor labor-surplus economy?

Murgai, Rinku; Ravallion, Martin; van de Walle, Dominique - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013

used to assess the cost-effectiveness of India's Employment Guarantee Scheme in Bihar. Participants are found to have …

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Evaluating workfare when the work is unpleasant : evidence for India's national rural employment guarantee scheme

Lagrange, Arthur Alik; Ravallion, Martin - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2012

theoretically ambiguous implications for the impacts on poverty. In the case of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme …

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Is Knowledge Shared within Households? Theory and Evidence for Bangladesh

Basu, Kaushik; Narayan, Ambar; Ravallion, Martin - Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) - 2001

A member of a collective-action household may or may not share knowledge with others in that household. Shared income gains from shared knowledge may well be offset by a shift in the balance of power within the family. Using household survey data for Bangladesh we find strong external effects of...

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Is Literacy Shared within Households? Theory and Evidence from Bangladesh

Basu, Kaushik; Narayan, Ambar; Ravallion, Martin - 2003

A member of a collective-action household may or may not share the benefits of literacy with others in that household; the shared gains from doing so may well be offset by a shift in the balance of power within the family. Using household survey data for Bangladesh we find strong external effects...

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