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Guns and butter? : fighting violence with the promise of development
Khanna, Gaurav; Zimmermann, Laura V. - 2015
analyze the impact of one of the world's largest anti-poverty programs, India's NREGS, on the intensity of Maoist conflict. We … find short-run increases of insurgency-related violence, police-initiated attacks, and insurgent attacks on civilians. We … patterns is that NREGS induces civilians to share more information with the state, improving police effectiveness. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011289893
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Labor Market Impacts of a Large-Scale Public Works Program: Evidence from the Indian Employment Guarantee Scheme
Zimmermann, Laura - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Recent years have seen an increasing interest in using public-works programs as anti-poverty measures in developing countries. This paper analyzes the rural labor market impacts of the Indian National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, one of the most ambitious programs of its kind, by using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010887068
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Labor market impacts of a large-scale public works program: Evidence from the Indian Employment Guarantee Scheme
Zimmermann, Laura - 2012
Recent years have seen an increasing interest in using public-works programs as anti-poverty measures in developing countries. This paper analyzes the rural labor market impacts of the Indian National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, one of the most ambitious programs of its kind, by using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289909
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Why Guarantee Employment? Evidence from a Large Indian Public-Works Program
Zimmermann, Laura - 2020
Most countries around the world implement some form of a safety net program for poor households. A widespread concern is that such programs crowd out private-sector jobs. But they could also improve workers' welfare by allowing them to take on more risk, for example through self-employment. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012182863
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Why guarantee employment? : evidence from a large Indian public-works program
Zimmermann, Laura - 2020
Most countries around the world implement some form of a safety net program for poor households. A widespread concern is that such programs crowd out private-sector jobs. But they could also improve workers' welfare by allowing them to take on more risk, for example through self-employment. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012195155
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Guns and Butter? Fighting Violence with the Promise of Development
Khanna, Gaurav; Zimmermann, Laura V. - 2016
guarantee scheme NREGS, on conflict intensity. We argue that NREGS induces civilians to help the police, improving the police …There is a growing awareness that government programs may be important in the fight against internal conflict. Using a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014146344
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Guns and Butter? Fighting Violence with the Promise of Development
Wibowo, Hendro - 2015
analyze the impact of one of the world's largest anti-poverty programs, India's NREGS, on the intensity of Maoist conflict. We … find short-run increases of insurgency-related violence, police-initiated attacks, and insurgent attacks on civilians. We … patterns is that NREGS induces civilians to share more information with the state, improving police effectiveness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016329
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Is partisan alignment electorally rewarding? : evidence from village council elections in India
Dey, Subhasish; Sen, Kunal - 2016
allocation of funds for India's largest social protection programme, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in … the state of West Bengal in India, and whether incumbent local governments (village councils) gain electorally in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011493833
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May There Be Victory: Government Election Performance and the World's Largest Public-Works Program
Zimmermann, Laura V - 2015
-works program in the world, the Indian NREGS. Using a regression-discontinuity framework, the results suggest that length of program …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307373
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May there be victory : government election performance and the world's largest public-works program
Zimmermann, Laura - 2015
-works program in the world, the Indian NREGS. Using a regression-discontinuity framework, the results suggest that length of program …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011293559