Why Guarantee Employment? Evidence from a Large Indian Public-Works Program (Record no. 134530)

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International Standard Serial Number 0013-0079
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Personal name Zimmermann, Laura V.
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Title Why Guarantee Employment? Evidence from a Large Indian Public-Works Program
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Economic Development and Cultural Change
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Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2024
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Extent 2031-2067
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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.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Family Employment
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Poor Households
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Private-Sector Jobs
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Public-Works Program
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Guarantee Employment
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Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/726251">https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/726251</a>
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Koha biblionumber 134530
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