This paper looks at the effect of India's flagship workfare program, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Guarantee Scheme … (MGNREGS), on domestic violence via its role as social insurance and a means for improving women's say in household decisions … implementation of MGNREGA reduces the effect of adverse rainfall shocks on offcially reported domestic violence at the district level …

Intimate partner violence is a serious form of unfreedom inflicted on women across the world. How does the incidence of … such violence vary with women's workforce participation - a factor that is supposed to enhance their economic well …-being? Our study examines this relationship using a nationally representative dataset from India. Given vast heterogeneity among …

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 … the household. Second, it lowers the human and financial net worth of the household and encourages increased household …

This paper provides evidence of the long-term relationship between male-to-female spousal violence and the … information on the prevalence of spousal abuse and threats of violence against women. Constructing comparable groups of … importantly, the role that marital selection and the diffusion of norms rejecting intimate partner violence may play in explaining …