Impact of rural employment guarantee schemes on seasonal labor markets: optimum compensation and workers’ welfare

The recent enactment of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in India has been widely hailed as a policy that provides a safety net for the rural poor with the potential to boost rural income, stabilize agricultural production and reduce rural-urban migration. This paper models the impact of...

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Volume:	11
Main Author:	Basu, Arnab K
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	Boston Springer US 01.03.2013 SPRINGER Springer Springer Nature B.V
published in:	Journal of economic inequality Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 1 - 34
Data of publication:	20130300
ISSN:	1569-1721 1573-8701
EISSN:	1573-8701
Discipline:	Sociology & Social History Economics Agriculture
Subjects:	Development Economics Rural unemployment Economics / Management Science Public input Q12 O38 International Economics Public Finance & Economics Optimal wage Economic Growth Employment guarantee schemes Political Science, general Labor contracts Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Wages & salaries Labor market Rural areas Seasonal employment Guarantees Unemployment Manual workers Developing countries--LDCs Studies Employment Compensation Agriculture Collective bargaining United States--US EMPIRICAL-ANALYSIS CHILD LABOR CONTRACTS AGRICULTURE Rural unemployment POOR AGRARIAN ECONOMY LANDLORDS Public input POVERTY-ALLEVIATION PROGRAMS Optimal wage DEBT BONDAGE Employment guarantee schemes INDIA UNEMPLOYMENT Labor contracts
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