Switches into and out of NREGS — A panel data analysis for Rajasthan

Raghbendra Jha, Raghav Gaiha, Manoj K. Pandey and Shylashri Shankar

ASARC Working Papers from The Australian National University, Australia South Asia Research Centre

Abstract: India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) has been hailed as one of the country's most creative social initiatives. Since the program was begun only recently (in 2004-05) there is a need to assess its impact on households not just in one year but over time. To the best of our knowledge there are no studies of the latter kind. Using a unique panel data set for 2007-08 and 2009-10 for the Indian state of Rajasthan this paper analyzes the transitions into and out of the National Rural Employment Guarantee. It models the impact of such transitions on earnings of workers as well the determinants of such transitions. Several policy conclusions are also advanced.

Keywords: National Rural Employment Guarantee; Panel data; labor earnings (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C33 H53 J68 J80 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31
Date: 2011
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