examine the role of one of the world’s largest employment guarantee schemes, India’s MG-NREGA, in cushioning job losses in one … capacity to provide public work under the scheme showed relatively smaller employment losses during the pandemic. Consequently … areas in April-August 2020 by 7% overall and by 74% for rural women, over baseline employment rate. These cushioning effects …

skills upon graduation. Such contracts incentivise employment creation, as firms benefit from lower wages and tax reductions … employment episode is through a nonsubsidised temporary contract. We look at short, medium and long-term effects on job stability …

We evaluate the direct employment effect of the public investment in key infrastructure - electricity, roads, schools … employment effect. Overall, we estimate that 1% of global GDP in public investment can create more than seven million jobs … worldwide through its direct employment effects alone. …