We examine the labour market impacts of the largest livelihoods programs in the world, India's Deendayal Antyodaya …-help groups (SHGs). We combine administrative data on SHG membership across districts in India with survey micro-data on labour … force and employment outcomes of rural women between 2011 and 2019. Using a generalized difference-in-differences approach …

force participation rate and employment both improved in the year, figures for some of the groups hit hardest by the …-pandemic levels than employment and economic activity, and underscores the importance of institutional mechanisms and social dialogue …