The Spillovers of Employment Guarantee Programs on Child Labor and Education

The Spillovers of Employment Guarantee Programs on Child Labor and Education

Many developing countries use employment guarantee programs to combat poverty. This paper examines the consequences of such employment guarantee programs for the human capital accumulation of children. It exploits the phased roll-out of India'...

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Main Authors: Li, Tianshu, Sekhri, Sheetal
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
POVERTY REDUCTION
EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE
CHILD LABOR
RURAL LABOR MARKET
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY EDUCATION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/891701578410026037/The-Spillovers-of-Employment-Guarantee-Programs-on-Child-Labor-and-Education
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spelling okr-10986-331552022-09-20T00:13:21Z The Spillovers of Employment Guarantee Programs on Child Labor and Education Li, Tianshu Sekhri, Sheetal POVERTY REDUCTION EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE CHILD LABOR RURAL LABOR MARKET SCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRIMARY EDUCATION Many developing countries use employment guarantee programs to combat poverty. This paper examines the consequences of such employment guarantee programs for the human capital accumulation of children. It exploits the phased roll-out of India's flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) to study the effects on enrollment in schools and child labor. Introduction of MGNREGA results in lower relative school enrollment in treated districts. The authors find that the drop in enrollment is driven by primary school children. Children in higher grades are just as likely to attend school under MGNREGA, but their school performance deteriorates. Using nationally representative employment data, they find evidence indicating an increase in child labor highlighting the unintentional perverse effects of the employment guarantee schemes for Human capital. 2020-01-09T18:05:51Z 2020-01-09T18:05:51Z 2020-01 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/891701578410026037/The-Spillovers-of-Employment-Guarantee-Programs-on-Child-Labor-and-Education http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33155 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9106 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia India
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topic POVERTY REDUCTION
EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE
CHILD LABOR
RURAL LABOR MARKET
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY EDUCATION
spellingShingle POVERTY REDUCTION
EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE
CHILD LABOR
RURAL LABOR MARKET
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY EDUCATION
Li, Tianshu
Sekhri, Sheetal
The Spillovers of Employment Guarantee Programs on Child Labor and Education
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relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9106
description Many developing countries use employment guarantee programs to combat poverty. This paper examines the consequences of such employment guarantee programs for the human capital accumulation of children. It exploits the phased roll-out of India's flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) to study the effects on enrollment in schools and child labor. Introduction of MGNREGA results in lower relative school enrollment in treated districts. The authors find that the drop in enrollment is driven by primary school children. Children in higher grades are just as likely to attend school under MGNREGA, but their school performance deteriorates. Using nationally representative employment data, they find evidence indicating an increase in child labor highlighting the unintentional perverse effects of the employment guarantee schemes for Human capital.
format Working Paper
author Li, Tianshu
Sekhri, Sheetal
author_facet Li, Tianshu
Sekhri, Sheetal
author_sort Li, Tianshu
title The Spillovers of Employment Guarantee Programs on Child Labor and Education
title_short The Spillovers of Employment Guarantee Programs on Child Labor and Education
title_full The Spillovers of Employment Guarantee Programs on Child Labor and Education
title_fullStr The Spillovers of Employment Guarantee Programs on Child Labor and Education
title_full_unstemmed The Spillovers of Employment Guarantee Programs on Child Labor and Education
title_sort spillovers of employment guarantee programs on child labor and education
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/891701578410026037/The-Spillovers-of-Employment-Guarantee-Programs-on-Child-Labor-and-Education
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33155
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