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Why Guarantee Employment? Evidence from a Large Indian Public-Works Program.
- Source :
- Economic Development & Cultural Change; Jul2024, Vol. 72 Issue 4, p2031-2067, 37p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Most countries implement safety net programs for poor households. A widespread concern is that such programs crowd out private-sector jobs, but they could also affect workers' job choice. This paper analyzes the first-year employment impacts of the world's largest public-works program, India's National Rural Employment Generation Scheme (NREGS), using a novel regression-discontinuity design. It focuses on districts treated in phase 2 of the NREGS rollout, which excludes poorer districts that were already treated. The results show that there is little evidence of a crowding out of private-sector jobs. Instead, male workers move from work for pay to family employment, which is driven by smallholder farmers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- POOR communities
EMPLOYMENT
MALE employees
FARMERS
FAMILY-work relationship
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00130079
- Volume :
- 72
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Economic Development & Cultural Change
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 178208042
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1086/726251