Welfare and Poverty Impacts of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme : Evidence from Andhra Pradesh

This paper uses a three-round 4,000-household panel from Andhra Pradesh together with administrative data to explore short and medium-term poverty and welfare effects of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Triple difference estimates su...

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Main Authors: Deininger, Klaus, Liu, Yanyan
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/07/18030262/welfare-poverty-impacts-indias-national-rural-employment-guarantee-scheme-evidence-andhra-pradesh
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spelling okr-10986-159032021-04-23T14:03:26Z Welfare and Poverty Impacts of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme : Evidence from Andhra Pradesh Deininger, Klaus Liu, Yanyan ADULT MALES AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL WAGE AGRICULTURAL WAGES ANTI-POVERTY ATTRITION BARGAINING BARGAINING POWER BENEFICIARIES CASH TRANSFERS CASUAL WORKERS CONTROL GROUPS CORRUPTION COUNTERFACTUAL COUNTERFACTUAL OUTCOME COUNTERFACTUAL OUTCOMES CROWDING OUT DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISTRICTS EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEME EXTREME POVERTY FEMALE FEMALE EMPOWERMENT FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMALE PARTICIPATION FEMALES FOOD FOR WORK FOOD ITEMS FOOD POLICY FOOD-FOR-WORK GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSEHOLDS IMPACT EVALUATION IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME INEQUALITY INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL LABOR MARKETS INNOVATIONS INSURANCE INTERVENTION IRRIGATION JOB SEEKERS LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKETS LABORERS LIVELIHOOD LIVELIHOODS MARKET EQUILIBRIUM MINIMUM WAGE NUTRITION PARTICIPATION RATES PAYING JOBS POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY IMPACTS POVERTY PROGRAMS POVERTY STATUS PROGRAM COST PROGRAM DESIGN PROGRAM EFFECTS PROGRAM IMPACTS PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC WORK PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM RENTS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL PUBLIC SAFETY SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SELECTION BIAS SELF-HELP SHELTER SOCIAL AUDITS SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SUPPLIERS TARGETING TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPARENCY TREATMENT EFFECTS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION VILLAGE ASSEMBLIES VILLAGE LEADERS VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGES WAGE EFFECTS WAGE GAP WAGE INCOME WAGE INCREASES WAGE RATE WELFARE INDICATORS WOMEN WORKERS WORKER governance public investment This paper uses a three-round 4,000-household panel from Andhra Pradesh together with administrative data to explore short and medium-term poverty and welfare effects of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Triple difference estimates suggest that participants significantly increase consumption (protein and energy intake) in the short run and accumulate more nonfinancial assets in the medium term. Direct benefits exceed program-related transfers and are most pronounced for scheduled castes and tribes and households supplying casual labor. Asset creation via program-induced land improvements is consistent with a medium-term increase in assets by nonparticipants and increases in wage income in excess of program cost. 2013-09-27T18:04:41Z 2013-09-27T18:04:41Z 2013-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/07/18030262/welfare-poverty-impacts-indias-national-rural-employment-guarantee-scheme-evidence-andhra-pradesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15903 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6543 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia India
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topic ADULT MALES
AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
AGRICULTURAL WAGE
AGRICULTURAL WAGES
ANTI-POVERTY
ATTRITION
BARGAINING
BARGAINING POWER
BENEFICIARIES
CASH TRANSFERS
CASUAL WORKERS
CONTROL GROUPS
CORRUPTION
COUNTERFACTUAL
COUNTERFACTUAL OUTCOME
COUNTERFACTUAL OUTCOMES
CROWDING OUT
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DISTRICTS
EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE
EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEME
EXTREME POVERTY
FEMALE
FEMALE EMPOWERMENT
FEMALE LABOR
FEMALE LABOR FORCE
FEMALE PARTICIPATION
FEMALES
FOOD FOR WORK
FOOD ITEMS
FOOD POLICY
FOOD-FOR-WORK
GENDER
GENDER EQUALITY
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
HOSPITALS
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
HOUSEHOLDS
IMPACT EVALUATION
IMPACT ON POVERTY
INCOME
INEQUALITY
INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT
INFORMAL LABOR MARKETS
INNOVATIONS
INSURANCE
INTERVENTION
IRRIGATION
JOB SEEKERS
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
LABOR MARKETS
LABORERS
LIVELIHOOD
LIVELIHOODS
MARKET EQUILIBRIUM
MINIMUM WAGE
NUTRITION
PARTICIPATION RATES
PAYING JOBS
POOR
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR PEOPLE
POVERTY IMPACTS
POVERTY PROGRAMS
POVERTY STATUS
PROGRAM COST
PROGRAM DESIGN
PROGRAM EFFECTS
PROGRAM IMPACTS
PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC WORK
PUBLIC WORKS
PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM
RENTS
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL EMPLOYMENT
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL PUBLIC
SAFETY
SAFETY NETS
SAVINGS
SELECTION BIAS
SELF-HELP
SHELTER
SOCIAL AUDITS
SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
SUPPLIERS
TARGETING
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSPARENCY
TREATMENT EFFECTS
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
VILLAGE ASSEMBLIES
VILLAGE LEADERS
VILLAGE LEVEL
VILLAGES
WAGE EFFECTS
WAGE GAP
WAGE INCOME
WAGE INCREASES
WAGE RATE
WELFARE INDICATORS
WOMEN WORKERS
WORKER
governance
public investment
spellingShingle ADULT MALES
AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
AGRICULTURAL WAGE
AGRICULTURAL WAGES
ANTI-POVERTY
ATTRITION
BARGAINING
BARGAINING POWER
BENEFICIARIES
CASH TRANSFERS
CASUAL WORKERS
CONTROL GROUPS
CORRUPTION
COUNTERFACTUAL
COUNTERFACTUAL OUTCOME
COUNTERFACTUAL OUTCOMES
CROWDING OUT
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DISTRICTS
EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE
EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEME
EXTREME POVERTY
FEMALE
FEMALE EMPOWERMENT
FEMALE LABOR
FEMALE LABOR FORCE
FEMALE PARTICIPATION
FEMALES
FOOD FOR WORK
FOOD ITEMS
FOOD POLICY
FOOD-FOR-WORK
GENDER
GENDER EQUALITY
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
HOSPITALS
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
HOUSEHOLDS
IMPACT EVALUATION
IMPACT ON POVERTY
INCOME
INEQUALITY
INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT
INFORMAL LABOR MARKETS
INNOVATIONS
INSURANCE
INTERVENTION
IRRIGATION
JOB SEEKERS
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
LABOR MARKETS
LABORERS
LIVELIHOOD
LIVELIHOODS
MARKET EQUILIBRIUM
MINIMUM WAGE
NUTRITION
PARTICIPATION RATES
PAYING JOBS
POOR
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR PEOPLE
POVERTY IMPACTS
POVERTY PROGRAMS
POVERTY STATUS
PROGRAM COST
PROGRAM DESIGN
PROGRAM EFFECTS
PROGRAM IMPACTS
PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC WORK
PUBLIC WORKS
PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM
RENTS
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL EMPLOYMENT
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL PUBLIC
SAFETY
SAFETY NETS
SAVINGS
SELECTION BIAS
SELF-HELP
SHELTER
SOCIAL AUDITS
SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
SUPPLIERS
TARGETING
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSPARENCY
TREATMENT EFFECTS
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
VILLAGE ASSEMBLIES
VILLAGE LEADERS
VILLAGE LEVEL
VILLAGES
WAGE EFFECTS
WAGE GAP
WAGE INCOME
WAGE INCREASES
WAGE RATE
WELFARE INDICATORS
WOMEN WORKERS
WORKER
governance
public investment
Deininger, Klaus
Liu, Yanyan
Welfare and Poverty Impacts of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme : Evidence from Andhra Pradesh
geographic_facet South Asia
India
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6543
description This paper uses a three-round 4,000-household panel from Andhra Pradesh together with administrative data to explore short and medium-term poverty and welfare effects of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Triple difference estimates suggest that participants significantly increase consumption (protein and energy intake) in the short run and accumulate more nonfinancial assets in the medium term. Direct benefits exceed program-related transfers and are most pronounced for scheduled castes and tribes and households supplying casual labor. Asset creation via program-induced land improvements is consistent with a medium-term increase in assets by nonparticipants and increases in wage income in excess of program cost.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Deininger, Klaus
Liu, Yanyan
author_facet Deininger, Klaus
Liu, Yanyan
author_sort Deininger, Klaus
title Welfare and Poverty Impacts of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme : Evidence from Andhra Pradesh
title_short Welfare and Poverty Impacts of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme : Evidence from Andhra Pradesh
title_full Welfare and Poverty Impacts of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme : Evidence from Andhra Pradesh
title_fullStr Welfare and Poverty Impacts of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme : Evidence from Andhra Pradesh
title_full_unstemmed Welfare and Poverty Impacts of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme : Evidence from Andhra Pradesh
title_sort welfare and poverty impacts of india's national rural employment guarantee scheme : evidence from andhra pradesh
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/07/18030262/welfare-poverty-impacts-indias-national-rural-employment-guarantee-scheme-evidence-andhra-pradesh
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