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100			_aZimmermann, Laura V. _9123535
245		0	_aWhy Guarantee Employment? Evidence from a Large Indian Public-Works Program
260			_bEconomic Development and Cultural Change
260			_c2024
300			_a2031-2067
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.
650			_a Family Employment _9123536
650			_a Poor Households _948914
650			_a Private-Sector Jobs _9123537
650			_a Public-Works Program _9123538
650			_aGuarantee Employment _9123539
856			_uhttps://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/726251
999			_c134530 _d134530