Does the employment guarantee scheme stabilize household incomes in rural India?

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1221-1225

  Scandizzo, Pasquale L ^a   Gaiha, Raghav ^b,c   Imai, Katsushi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MODELING; RURAL AREA; RURAL ECONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70449419939     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850701367262     Document Type: Article

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