Labor Market Effects of Social Programs: Evidence from India's Employment Guarantee

Clément Imbert and John Papp

No 2013-03, CSAE Working Paper Series from Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford

Abstract: Using the gradual roll out of a large rural workfare program in India, we estimate its e ect on private employment and wages by comparing districts that received the program earlier relative to those that received it later. Our results suggest that public sector hiring crowds out private sector work and increases 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.

Date: 2013
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