Arbeitsplätze in der Landwirtschaft zu erhalten und sogar neue zu schaffen ist möglich! Diversifizierung lokal auf …

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

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 …

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 …

India started the implementation of a rural public works program in 2006, covering all districts of the country within … three years. The program quarantees 100 days of employment per year at minimum wage to each rural household on demand, with … employment impact on various types of crimes, ranging from burglary to kidnapping to riots. We show that the program acts as an …