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Short-Term Effects of India's Employment Guarantee Program on Labor Markets and Agricultural Productivity

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dc.contributor.authorNagarajan, Hari K.
dc.contributor.authorDeininger, Klaus
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Sudhir K.
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-13T20:59:47Z
dc.date.available2016-06-13T20:59:47Z
dc.date.issued2016-05
dc.description.abstractThis paper uses a large national household panel from 1999/2000 and 2007/08 to analyze the short-term effects of India's Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme on wages, labor supply, agricultural labor use, and productivity. The scheme prompted a 10-point wage increase and higher labor supply to nonagricultural casual work and agricultural self-employment. Program-induced drops in hired labor demand were more than outweighed by more intensive use of family labor, machinery, fertilizer, and diversification to crops with higher risk-return profiles, especially by small farmers. Although the aggregate productivity effects were modest, total employment generated by the program (but not employment in irrigation-related activities) significantly increased productivity, suggesting alleviation of liquidity constraints and implicit insurance provision rather than quality of works undertaken as a main channel for program-induced productivity effects.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/05/26360847/short-term-effects-indias-employment-guarantee-program-labor-markets-agricultural-productivity
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-7665
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/24502
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 7665
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectJOBS
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY EFFECTS
dc.subjectWAGE GAP
dc.subjectPRODUCTION
dc.subjectLOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectRURAL LABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectINFORMATION
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLIQUIDITY
dc.subjectELASTICITY
dc.subjectPUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectWELFARE
dc.subjectJOB
dc.subjectAGE CATEGORIES
dc.subjectEFFECTS
dc.subjectWAGE INCREASES
dc.subjectPRIVATE EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectVARIABLES
dc.subjectRURAL LABOR
dc.subjectINPUTS
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectPAYMENTS
dc.subjectPROGRAM AVAILABILITY
dc.subjectRURAL POOR
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY INCREASE
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
dc.subjectVALUE OF OUTPUT
dc.subjectWAGE GROWTH
dc.subjectRENTS
dc.subjectTRENDS
dc.subjectSOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS
dc.subjectJOB SEEKERS
dc.subjectSMOOTHING CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectSMALL FARMERS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectRIGHT TO WORK
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT LEVELS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectWORKER
dc.subjectOUTPUTS
dc.subjectNON-FARM EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectEXPECTED RETURN
dc.subjectTRANSFERS
dc.subjectMARKETS
dc.subjectORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectLABOR SHORTAGES
dc.subjectLABOR
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectTOTAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectLABOUR MARKETS
dc.subjectPUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM
dc.subjectWAGE INCREASE
dc.subjectEFFICIENCY
dc.subjectECONOMIC RESEARCH
dc.subjectWAGE LEVELS
dc.subjectFEMALE LABOR
dc.subjectEQUITY
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEME
dc.subjectWORKERS
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY EFFECT
dc.subjectLABOR DEMAND
dc.subjectVALUE
dc.subjectAVERAGE WAGE
dc.subjectWAGE RATES
dc.subjectCASUAL WORKERS
dc.subjectWAGE DATA
dc.subjectFAMILY LABOR
dc.subjectCREDIT
dc.subjectDEMAND
dc.subjectOCCUPATION
dc.subjectSAFETY NET
dc.subjectFEMALE EMPOWERMENT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVE ASSETS
dc.subjectDRY SEASON
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subjectASSETS
dc.subjectPUBLIC WORKS
dc.subjectRURAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectDIVERSIFICATION
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectPRODUCTION FUNCTION
dc.subjectCOBB-DOUGLAS PRODUCTION FUNCTION
dc.subjectMANAGEMENT
dc.subjectSALARIED EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectEQUILIBRIUM WAGES
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE
dc.subjectINSURANCE
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION SMOOTHING
dc.subjectGOODS
dc.subjectTHEORY
dc.subjectSECURITY
dc.subjectGROWTH RATE
dc.subjectINVESTMENT
dc.subjectIRRIGATION
dc.subjectRISK
dc.subjectPROGRAM COST
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectFEMALE LABOR FORCE
dc.subjectPOOR FARMERS
dc.subjectCRISES
dc.subjectSUPPLY
dc.subjectLABOR SUPPLY
dc.subjectWAGE EFFECTS
dc.subjectPROFIT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectCHILD LABOR
dc.subjectUNSKILLED WORKERS
dc.subjectTOTAL OUTPUT
dc.subjectLABOUR
dc.subjectLABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectOUTCOMES
dc.subjectSAFETY
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectUNSKILLED LABOR
dc.subjectSELF-EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SELF-EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectPRICES
dc.subjectNON-FARM SECTOR
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectFUTURE RESEARCH
dc.titleShort-Term Effects of India's Employment Guarantee Program on Labor Markets and Agricultural Productivityen
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okr.crossref.titleShort-Term Effects of India's Employment Guarantee Program on Labor Markets and Agricultural Productivity
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/05/26360847/short-term-effects-indias-employment-guarantee-program-labor-markets-agricultural-productivity
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okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryIndia
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Employment and Unemployment
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Policies
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topicAgriculture::Agricultural Sector Economics
okr.unitPoverty and Inequality Team and Agriculture and Rural Development Team, Development Research Group
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