The Spillovers of Employment Guarantee Programs on Child Labor and Education
Many developing countries use employment guarantee programs to combat poverty. This study examines the consequences of such employment guarantee programs for the human capital accumulation of children. It exploits the phased roll-out of India’s flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) to study the effects on enrollment in schools and child labor. Introduction of MGNREGA results in lower relative school enrollment in treated districts. It also finds that the drop in enrollment is driven by primary school children. Children in higher grades are just as likely to attend school under MGNREGA, but their school performance deteriorates. Using nationally representative employment data, the study finds evidence indicating an increase in child labor highlighting the unintentional perverse effects of the employment guarantee schemes for human capital.
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dig-okr-10986360762023-08-28T16:39:07Z The Spillovers of Employment Guarantee Programs on Child Labor and Education Li, Tianshu Sekhri, Sheetal RURAL EMPLOYMENT CHILD LABOR EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE HUMAN CAPITAL Many developing countries use employment guarantee programs to combat poverty. This study examines the consequences of such employment guarantee programs for the human capital accumulation of children. It exploits the phased roll-out of India’s flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) to study the effects on enrollment in schools and child labor. Introduction of MGNREGA results in lower relative school enrollment in treated districts. It also finds that the drop in enrollment is driven by primary school children. Children in higher grades are just as likely to attend school under MGNREGA, but their school performance deteriorates. Using nationally representative employment data, the study finds evidence indicating an increase in child labor highlighting the unintentional perverse effects of the employment guarantee schemes for human capital. 2021-08-06T20:43:54Z 2021-08-06T20:43:54Z 2020-02 Journal Article Article de journal Artículo de revista World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36076 World Bank Economic Review CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO World Bank http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo application/pdf Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank |
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Many developing countries use employment guarantee programs to combat poverty. This study examines the consequences of such employment guarantee programs for the human capital accumulation of children. It exploits the phased roll-out of India’s flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) to study the effects on enrollment in schools and child labor. Introduction of MGNREGA results in lower relative school enrollment in treated districts. It also finds that the drop in enrollment is driven by primary school children. Children in higher grades are just as likely to attend school under MGNREGA, but their school performance deteriorates. Using nationally representative employment data, the study finds evidence indicating an increase in child labor highlighting the unintentional perverse effects of the employment guarantee schemes for human capital. |
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The Spillovers of Employment Guarantee Programs on Child Labor and Education |
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