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Imbert, Clément and Papp, John (2015) Labor market effects of social programs : evidence from India's employment guarantee. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 7 (2). pp. 233-263. doi:10.1257/app.20130401 ISSN 1945-7782.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/app.20130401
Abstract
We estimate the effect of a large rural workfare program in India on private employment and wages by comparing trends in districts that received the program earlier relative to those that received it later. Our results suggest that public sector hiring crowded out private sector work and increased private sector wages. We compute the implied welfare gains of the program by consumption quintile. Our calculations show that the welfare gains to the poor from the equilibrium increase in private sector wages are large in absolute terms and large relative to the gains received solely by program participants.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare | ||||||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Welfare recipients -- Employment -- Case studies -- India, Labor market | ||||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | American Economic Journal: Applied Economics | ||||||||||||
| Publisher: | American Economic Association | ||||||||||||
| ISSN: | 1945-7782 | ||||||||||||
| Official Date: | April 2015 | ||||||||||||
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| Volume: | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 233-263 | ||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1257/app.20130401 | ||||||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 24 January 2018 | ||||||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 24 January 2018 | ||||||||||||
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