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_aZimmermann, Laura V. _9123535 |
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245 | 0 | _aWhy Guarantee Employment? Evidence from a Large Indian Public-Works Program | |
260 | _bEconomic Development and Cultural Change | ||
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520 | _aMost 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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_a Private-Sector Jobs _9123537 |
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_a Public-Works Program _9123538 |
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_aGuarantee Employment _9123539 |
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856 | _uhttps://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/726251 | ||
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