The National Rural Employment Guarantee System NREGS is a social security measure that aims to guarantee the 'right to work'. It aims to ensure livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members...

This paper revisits impact evaluation studies on the largest public workfare in the world, NREGA. In an environment where randomization is not feasible, I show why an impact evaluation exercise on NREGA should acknowledge the existence of an older program, SGRY. Using novel district-level...

Several studies have examined the effect of employment guarantee schemes on various aspects of participants' welfare including its role as social safety net. However, the literature is sparse in regards to its effect on children's health outcomes, as well as the gender discrimination aspect of...