in India. The major finding of the study suggests 400 million workers in India in the informal economy are at the risk of … in India. The government economic package contains majorly long-term measures whereas short-term measures such as cash …

We exploit the implementation of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme to identify exogenous shifts in …

administrative failure - the persistent delay in paying beneficiaries on time in India’s iconic anti-poverty programme, the National … Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA). Using a life cycle model, we argue that a long wage payment lag in this flagship … employment options. Empirical evidence based on primary data lends support to our key theoretical prediction that wage payment …

We study the impact of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) on children's educational outcomes …

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 …