The welfare effects of India’s rural employment guarantee

We assess the welfare effects of India’s workfare program NREGA using a novel, almost sharp regression discontinuity design. We find large seasonal consumption increases in states implementing the program intensely, which are a multiple of the direct income gains. We also find increases in adolescen...

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Main Authors: Klonner, Stefan (Author) , Oldiges, Christian (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: June 2022
In: Journal of development economics
Year: 2022, Volume: 157, Pages: 1-20
ISSN:0304-3878
DOI:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2022.102848
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Author Notes:Stefan Klonner, Christian Oldiges
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