Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/62553 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 6593
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We study the impact of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) on children's educational outcomes via women's labour force participation. Using data from the Young Lives Study and taking advantage of the spatial and temporal variation in the intensity of implementation of the NREGS, we find that greater participation of mothers in the program is associated with better educational outcomes of their children. Father's participation in the NREGS, on the other hand, has a negative effect on children's education. Further, the estimated impact of mother's program participation is over and above any income effect induced by the scheme and is robust to concerns about endogeneity of labour force participation and differences in economic trends between districts. We provide evidence which suggests that the mechanism through which children's educational outcomes improve is empowerment of mothers resulting from better labour market opportunities for females.
Subjects: 
labour
education
gender
bargaining
JEL: 
I21
I38
J16
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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