Do public works programs increase women’s economic empowerment? : evidence from rural India

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dc.contributor.authorDesai, Sonalde
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-06T18:25:25Z
dc.date.available2020-07-06T18:25:25Z
dc.date.issued2018-10
dc.description.abstractUsing survey data collected before and after the enactment of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA, 2005) program, the paper examines changes in women’s participation in paid work and total earnings by using a difference-in-difference approach. The results suggest that women living in villages with a higher availability of MGNREGA work are more likely to participate in wage labor and have higher total wage incomes. These effects are absent for men, possibly because they have greater alternative opportunities. Responding to women’s needs by expanding work opportunities is likely to mobilize more women to enter the workforce, thereby increasing their wage incomes.en
dc.description.sponsorshipUS National Institutes of Health
dc.description.sponsorshipUK Department of International Development
dc.description.sponsorshipFord Foundation
dc.description.sponsorshipWorld Bank
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/59137
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectRURAL WOMENen
dc.subjectWOMEN WORKERSen
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT POLICYen
dc.subjectINCLUSIONen
dc.subjectWOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENTen
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENTen
dc.subjectINDIAen
dc.subjectSOUTH ASIAen
dc.titleDo public works programs increase women’s economic empowerment? : evidence from rural Indiaen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
idrc.copyright.oapermissionsourceCC BY 4.0en
idrc.dspace.accessOpen Accessen
idrc.project.componentnumber108243001
idrc.project.number108243
idrc.project.titleDoes India's Economic Transformation Promote Women's Economic Empowerment?en
idrc.recordsserver.bcsnumberIC36-1643402171-221815
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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