National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, poverty and prices in rural India |
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Authors: | Gaiha Raghav Kulkarni Vani S Pandey Manoj K Imai Katsushi S |
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Institution: | Harvard University, USA and University of Delhi, India. |
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Abstract: | The objective of this analysis is mainly to construct an intuitive measure of the performance of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in India. The focus is on divergence between demand and supply at the district level. Some related issues addressed are: (i) whether the gap between demand and supply responds to poverty; and (ii) whether recent hikes in NREGS wages are inflationary. Our analysis confirms responsiveness of the positive gap between demand and supply to poverty. Also, apprehensions expressed about the inflationary potential of recent hikes in NREGS wages have been confirmed. More importantly, higher NREGS wages are likely to undermine self-selection of the poor in it. |
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