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

Liu, Yanyan; Deininger, Klaus

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

Autores

Liu, Yanyan

Deininger, Klaus

Editor

World Bank, Washington, DC

Descripción

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.

Palabras clave

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