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Does India's Employment Guarantee Scheme Quarantee Employment?

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dc.contributor.authorDutta, Puja
dc.contributor.authorMurgai, Rinku
dc.contributor.authorRavallion, Martin
dc.contributor.authorvan de Walle, Dominique
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-29T18:50:09Z
dc.date.available2014-08-29T18:50:09Z
dc.date.issued2012-03
dc.description.abstractIn 2005 India introduced an ambitious national anti-poverty program, now called the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. The program offers up to 100 days of unskilled manual labor per year on public works projects for any rural household member who wants such work at the stipulated minimum wage rate. The aim is to dramatically reduce poverty by providing extra earnings for poor families, as well as empowerment and insurance. If the program worked in practice the way it is designed, then anyone who wanted work on the scheme would get it. However, analysis of data from India's National Sample Survey for 2009/10 reveals considerable un-met demand for work in all states. The authors confirm expectations that poorer families tend to have more demand for work on the scheme, and that (despite the un-met demand) the self-targeting mechanism allows it to reach relatively poor families and backward castes. The extent of the un-met demand is greater in the poorest states -- ironically where the scheme is needed most. Labor-market responses to the scheme are likely to be weak. The scheme is attracting poor women into the workforce, although the local-level rationing processes favor men.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/03/15958094/indias-employment-guarantee-scheme-guarantee-employment
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6003
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/19877
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 6003
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAGGREGATE DEMAND
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL LABORERS
dc.subjectANTI-POVERTY
dc.subjectANTI-POVERTY PROGRAM
dc.subjectANTIPOVERTY PROGRAM
dc.subjectAVERAGE WAGE
dc.subjectAVERAGE WAGES
dc.subjectBARGAINING POWER
dc.subjectCASH TRANSFERS
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION QUINTILES
dc.subjectEGS
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEME
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEMES
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS
dc.subjectFLEXIBILITY
dc.subjectFORCED LABOR
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectIMPACT ON POVERTY
dc.subjectINCIDENCE OF POVERTY
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINSURANCE
dc.subjectJOBS
dc.subjectLABOR ECONOMICS
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLABORERS
dc.subjectLABOUR
dc.subjectLANDHOLDINGS
dc.subjectMANPOWER
dc.subjectMANUAL LABOR
dc.subjectMARKET WAGES
dc.subjectMINIMUM WAGE
dc.subjectMINIMUM WAGES
dc.subjectNATIONAL POVERTY
dc.subjectOCCUPATION
dc.subjectPARTICIPATION RATES
dc.subjectPER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOOR AREAS
dc.subjectPOOR FAMILIES
dc.subjectPOOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOOR INDIVIDUALS
dc.subjectPOOR PEOPLE
dc.subjectPOOR WOMEN
dc.subjectPOORER FAMILIES
dc.subjectPOORER HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOVERTY ALLEVIATION
dc.subjectPOVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMS
dc.subjectPOVERTY IMPACTS
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINES
dc.subjectPOVERTY PROGRAMS
dc.subjectPOVERTY RATE
dc.subjectPOVERTY RATES
dc.subjectPOVERTY STATUS
dc.subjectPROGRAM COSTS
dc.subjectPUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectPUBLIC SPENDING
dc.subjectPUBLIC WORKS
dc.subjectPUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS
dc.subjectPUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS
dc.subjectRIGHT TO WORK
dc.subjectRURAL
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectRURAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectRURAL HEADCOUNT
dc.subjectRURAL HEADCOUNT INDEX
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLD
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectRURAL LABOR
dc.subjectRURAL LABOR MARKET
dc.subjectRURAL LABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectRURAL POOR
dc.subjectRURAL POPULATION
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY
dc.subjectRURAL PUBLIC
dc.subjectSCHOOLING
dc.subjectSEASONAL LABOR
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectSUBSTITUTION EFFECT
dc.subjectTARGETING
dc.subjectTRANSFER BENEFITS
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectUNSKILLED LABOR
dc.subjectWAGE EFFECT
dc.subjectWAGE INCREASE
dc.subjectWAGE RATE
dc.subjectWAGE RATES
dc.subjectWORKER
dc.subjectWORKERS
dc.titleDoes India's Employment Guarantee Scheme Quarantee Employment?en
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okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaJobs
okr.crossref.titleDoes India's Employment Guarantee Scheme Guarantee Employment?
okr.date.disclosure2012-03-31
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:02:42.260615Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/03/15958094/indias-employment-guarantee-scheme-guarantee-employment
okr.globalpracticeSocial Protection and Labor
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.guid464991468051015810
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6003
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20120321082953
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum15958094
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okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryIndia
okr.sectorHealth and other social services :: Other social services
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicServices and Transfers to Poor
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topicPoverty Monitoring and Analysis
okr.unitDirector’s Office, Development Research Group; South Asia Social Protection Unit; South Asia Economic Policy and Poverty Unit; Social Protection and Labor Unit, Human Development Network
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