The Spillovers of Employment Guarantee Programs on Child Labor and Education. Policy Research Working Paper 9106
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| Title: | The Spillovers of Employment Guarantee Programs on Child Labor and Education. Policy Research Working Paper 9106 |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Li, Tianshu, Sekhri, Sheetal, World Bank |
| Source: | World Bank. 2020. |
| Availability: | World Bank Publications. 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20433. Tel: 202-458-4500; Fax: 202-552-1500; Web site: http://www.worldbank.org/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 39 |
| Publication Date: | 2020 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Elementary Education Elementary Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Employment, Poverty, Child Labor, Human Capital, Program Descriptions, Enrollment Trends, School Districts, Academic Achievement, Indians, Foreign Countries, Dropout Rate, Elementary Secondary Education, Legislation, Rural Areas, Information Systems, Outcomes of Education, Institutional Characteristics |
| Geographic Terms: | India |
| Abstract: | Many developing countries use employment guarantee programs to combat poverty. This paper 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. The authors find 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, they find evidence indicating an increase in child labor highlighting the unintentional perverse effects of the employment guarantee schemes for Human capital. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2020 |
| Accession Number: | ED608920 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Many developing countries use employment guarantee programs to combat poverty. This paper 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. The authors find 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, they find evidence indicating an increase in child labor highlighting the unintentional perverse effects of the employment guarantee schemes for Human capital. |
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