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

dc.creatorLiu, Yanyan
dc.creatorDeininger, Klaus
dc.date2013-09-27T18:04:41Z
dc.date2013-09-27T18:04:41Z
dc.date2013-07
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:51:29Z
dc.descriptionThis 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.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/07/18030262/welfare-poverty-impacts-indias-national-rural-employment-guarantee-scheme-evidence-andhra-pradesh
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/15903
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-6543
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/412042
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 6543
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectADULT MALES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL WAGE
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL WAGES
dc.subjectANTI-POVERTY
dc.subjectATTRITION
dc.subjectBARGAINING
dc.subjectBARGAINING POWER
dc.subjectBENEFICIARIES
dc.subjectCASH TRANSFERS
dc.subjectCASUAL WORKERS
dc.subjectCONTROL GROUPS
dc.subjectCORRUPTION
dc.subjectCOUNTERFACTUAL
dc.subjectCOUNTERFACTUAL OUTCOME
dc.subjectCOUNTERFACTUAL OUTCOMES
dc.subjectCROWDING OUT
dc.subjectDESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectDISTRICTS
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEME
dc.subjectEXTREME POVERTY
dc.subjectFEMALE
dc.subjectFEMALE EMPOWERMENT
dc.subjectFEMALE LABOR
dc.subjectFEMALE LABOR FORCE
dc.subjectFEMALE PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectFEMALES
dc.subjectFOOD FOR WORK
dc.subjectFOOD ITEMS
dc.subjectFOOD POLICY
dc.subjectFOOD-FOR-WORK
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectGENDER EQUALITY
dc.subjectGENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectHOSPITALS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectIMPACT EVALUATION
dc.subjectIMPACT ON POVERTY
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINFORMAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectINFORMAL LABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectINNOVATIONS
dc.subjectINSURANCE
dc.subjectINTERVENTION
dc.subjectIRRIGATION
dc.subjectJOB SEEKERS
dc.subjectLABOR DEMAND
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
dc.subjectLABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectLABORERS
dc.subjectLIVELIHOOD
dc.subjectLIVELIHOODS
dc.subjectMARKET EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectMINIMUM WAGE
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectPARTICIPATION RATES
dc.subjectPAYING JOBS
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOOR PEOPLE
dc.subjectPOVERTY IMPACTS
dc.subjectPOVERTY PROGRAMS
dc.subjectPOVERTY STATUS
dc.subjectPROGRAM COST
dc.subjectPROGRAM DESIGN
dc.subjectPROGRAM EFFECTS
dc.subjectPROGRAM IMPACTS
dc.subjectPROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
dc.subjectPUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectPUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subjectPUBLIC WORK
dc.subjectPUBLIC WORKS
dc.subjectPUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM
dc.subjectRENTS
dc.subjectRURAL
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectRURAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectRURAL PUBLIC
dc.subjectSAFETY
dc.subjectSAFETY NETS
dc.subjectSAVINGS
dc.subjectSELECTION BIAS
dc.subjectSELF-HELP
dc.subjectSHELTER
dc.subjectSOCIAL AUDITS
dc.subjectSOCIAL SAFETY NETS
dc.subjectSUPPLIERS
dc.subjectTARGETING
dc.subjectTRANSACTION COSTS
dc.subjectTRANSPARENCY
dc.subjectTREATMENT EFFECTS
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
dc.subjectVILLAGE ASSEMBLIES
dc.subjectVILLAGE LEADERS
dc.subjectVILLAGE LEVEL
dc.subjectVILLAGES
dc.subjectWAGE EFFECTS
dc.subjectWAGE GAP
dc.subjectWAGE INCOME
dc.subjectWAGE INCREASES
dc.subjectWAGE RATE
dc.subjectWELFARE INDICATORS
dc.subjectWOMEN WORKERS
dc.subjectWORKER
dc.subjectgovernance
dc.subjectpublic investment
dc.titleWelfare and Poverty Impacts of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme : Evidence from Andhra Pradesh

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