Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/227237 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 13710
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper explores the aggregate economic effects from India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), which provides up to 100 days of labor to rural laborers at the mandated minimum wage. We examine the within-district change to night-time lights and banking deposits using the staggered program rollout for identification. We find consistent and robust evidence that NREGS increased aggregate economic output by 1-2% per capita measured by night-time lights. This effect, however, is not equal across districts. We observe no positive effect of the program in poorer districts, illuminating an important source of heterogeneity.
Subjects: 
NREGS
aggregate output
JEL: 
O11
O38
O47
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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