Whether MGNREGS has affected agricultural wage rate in Andhra Pradesh State of India? A panel modeling across 23 districts from 2000 to 2011

Bhattarai, M and Kumar, R and Sandhya, S and Bantilan, C (2014) Whether MGNREGS has affected agricultural wage rate in Andhra Pradesh State of India? A panel modeling across 23 districts from 2000 to 2011. In: 56th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labor Economics, 18-20 December, 2014, Institute for Human Development, Eastern Regional Centre, IHD-ERC, Ranchi.

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Abstract

The impact of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) on agricultural labour supply and agricultural wage rate is a popular policy concern in India. The available literature on the issue provides mixed findings which motivated the authors to carry out this study.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Divisions: RP-Market Institutions and Policies
CRP: CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)
Subjects: Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
Depositing User: Mr B K Murthy
Date Deposited: 09 Jan 2015 10:14
Last Modified: 12 Jan 2015 03:21
URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/8462
Acknowledgement: UNSPECIFIED
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