The Spillovers of Employment Guarantee Programs on Child Labor and Education

• Tác giả: Tianshu Li
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 180.7 Ancient, medieval, eastern philosophy
• Thông tin xuất bản: Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank, 2021
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 235375
• Chủ đề: 1. CHILD LABOR; 2. EDUCATION; 3. EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE; 4. HUMAN CAPITAL; 5. RURAL EMPLOYMENT

Tóm tắt

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.