How dependent are the rural poor on the employment guarantee scheme in India?

Gaiha, Raghav

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“…However, Gaiha (1996aGaiha ( ,b, 2000 concludes that the EGS was 'mistargeted' and the targeting performance worsened over the years by comparing the ICRISAT VLS in 1979 and that in 1989 contrary to the conclusions of the former researches 4 5 . This conclusion is confirmed by the fact that the share of the poor (and the landless) among the EGS participants corresponds to their share in labour force and it decreased over the years.…”

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“…However, it not only corresponds to the conclusion of Gaiha (1996aGaiha ( , b, 2000 that the EGS was mistargeted, but also shows that his conclusion still holds even if multiplier effects are taken into account.…”

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“…However, as Gaiha (1996aGaiha ( , b, 2000 points out, the EGS was 'mistargeted' and the targeting performance became worsened over the years. The disaggregation of the landless reveals that the poorer in this subgroup with low income-generating ability (with low hourly farm-wage) are excluded from the EGS due to the political factors, such as failure of the design and implementation, and the economic factors, that is, the piece-rate wage system of the scheme.…”

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“…Although Gaiha (1996a) compares the share of the poor in the EGS participants and that in the total population (1979; 48%: 54%, 1989; 27%: 29%), whether the excess coverage (Emistake) or the leakage of covering (F mistake) is more serious remains unclear. 6 The disaggregation into E-mistakes and F-mistakes reveals that the large and increasing F-mistake is a main reason of mistargeting and its worsening ( Table 1).…”

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Targeting versus universalism: An evaluation of indirect effects of the Employment Guarantee Scheme in India

Imai

2007

Journal of Policy Modeling

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Although a workfare scheme is potentially a cost-effective poverty alleviation scheme as it attracts only the poor who have an incentive to do unskilled manual works, an investigation of the ICRISAT data in India clarifies that the Employment Guarantee Scheme was mistargeted, i.e., a substantial share of the non-poor also participated. The comparison of the EGS and universalism through the villagelevel SAM (Social Accounting Matrix) model reveals that the former is neither efficient nor equitable than the latter unless the state government carefully designs the scheme so that the EGS assets, such as irrigation facilities, are made accessible to the poor without undermining their positive effects on agricultural productivity.

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Targeting versus universalism: An evaluation of indirect effects of the Employment Guarantee Scheme in India

Imai

2007

Journal of Policy Modeling

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“…Worldwide, the implementation of public work schemes spans transition countries, developing countries and developed countries (Betcherman et al 2004). A number such public work schemes, such as the Maharashtra Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS), and more recently the Mahatma Gandhi Employment Guarantee Schemes in India, have attracted much academic and policy attention, (Acharya 1990;Ravallion et al 1993;Gaiha 1996aGaiha , b, 2000Basu et al 2009). Research on the labor market consequences of these more well-known public work schemes has so far focused on employment, earnings, and targeting.…”

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Do public work schemes deter or encourage outmigration? Empirical evidence from China

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Kanbur

Qin

2014

IZA J Labor Develop

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How does the introduction of rural public work schemes impact individual incentives to migrate? This paper examines this question in the context of rural public work program (Yigong-daizhen) in China, and unveils empirical evidence that suggest that the introduction of Yigong-daizhen projects in fact stimulates outmigration at the village level, after controlling for village characteristics, project types and province fixed effects. By furthermore accounting for the endogeneity of Yigong-daizhen placement using propensity score matching method, the impact of such projects is found to be consistent with the OLS estimation. These results are consistent with household migration behavior in the presence of significant cost of migration, and credit market imperfection.

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Social security in developing countries: MYTH or necessity? Evidence from India

Justino

2006

J of Intl Development

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This paper discusses the importance of social security policies in developing economies, using empirical evidence from India. The paper discusses the viability of implementing systems of social protection in developing countries and provides an empirical analysis of the effects of socio-economic security policies on Indian's economic performance between 1973 and 1999, using a two-stage least square model adapted to data from a panel of 14 Indian states. The results show that policies that strengthen the social and economic security of the Indian population have been an important endogenous variable to both the reduction of poverty and the increase in economic growth in India. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. JEL codes: C33, H50, I38, O10, O40, O53

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How dependent are the rural poor on the employment guarantee scheme in India?

Cited by 27 publications

References 11 publications

Targeting versus universalism: An evaluation of indirect effects of the Employment Guarantee Scheme in India

Targeting versus universalism: An evaluation of indirect effects of the Employment Guarantee Scheme in India

Do public work schemes deter or encourage outmigration? Empirical evidence from China

Social security in developing countries: MYTH or necessity? Evidence from India

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