Accountability in the delivery of guaranteed employment through MGNREGA in rural India

Tara Bedi and Lukas Kuld
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Tara Bedi: Trinity College Dublin
Lukas Kuld: Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick

No WP012024, Working Papers from University of Limerick, Department of Economics

Abstract: We use the uneven roll-out of accountability measures to identify their impact on the provision of guaranteed employment in rural Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India. The public information campaign in the first stage of the accountability intervention led treated households to increase workdays during the non-lean agriculture season. This timing, contrary to the interests of local employers, suggests a more demand-driven provision of days worked. After the addition of an NGO supported grievance mechanism, treated households also work relatively more days during the lean season. These estimates, based on three rounds of Young Lives survey data, suggest that the combination of accountability measures enhanced the fulfillment of work entitlements. The paper further discusses the implementation of India's workfare program, accountability failures, and the design of the accountability measures.

Keywords: Administrative processes; Corruption; Information and Knowledge; Labor Supply; Workers' Rights (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D73 D83 J22 J83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-04-21
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