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来源类型	Discussion Paper
规范类型	工作论文
ISBN	978-3-88985-674-6
	Can public works infrastructure affect employment outcomes? Evidence from the NREGS in India
	Gehrke, Esther
发表日期	2015
出版年	2015
概述	Public works programmes are becoming increasingly popular in developing countries. Still we know very little about the long-terms effects of the infrastructure created in such programmes. This paper addresses this gab using data from the Indian National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
摘要	In this paper, I look at the effects of the infrastructure created under India’s public works programme – the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) – on employment outcomes. In order to attribute observed outcomes to infrastructure creation, I address all potential causal mechanisms through which the NREGS could affect employment, namely increases in productive investments and the demand for labour among NREGS beneficiaries, an increase in wages in the implementing villages, as well as an increase in economic activity due to the infrastructure created with the NREGS. Lastly, I analyse which types of infrastructure are particularly beneficial for increasing long-term employment. The results of this paper are as follows. I find little evidence that village employment levels are affected by increased investments of the NREGS beneficiaries or by wage changes due to the NREGS. In contrast, I find that the creation of productive infrastructure through the NREGS can indeed positively affect employment outcomes in targeted villages. Which infrastructure projects are most promising depends on the sector in which employment is to be created and on the social group that is to benefit. Effects on total employment are largest when infrastructure is targeted towards land development.
URL	https://www.die-gdi.de/en/discussion-paper/article/can-public-works-infrastructure-affect-employment-outcomes-evidence-from-the-nregs-in-india/
来源智库	German Development Institute (Germany)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/499922
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Gehrke, Esther. Can public works infrastructure affect employment outcomes? Evidence from the NREGS in India. 2015.

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