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Aggregate Effects from Public Works: Evidence from India
This paper explores the aggregate economic effects from India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), which guarantees up to 100 days of labor to rural laborers at the mandated minimum wage. We examine the within-district change to night-time lights and banking deposits using the staggered program ...
https://iems.ust.hk/events/academic-seminar/2020/shah-aggregate-effects-from-public-works
Accurate Household Targeting: China’s New Anti-Poverty Strategy
Slides China’s New Anti Poverty Strategy from HKUST IEMS Abstract China has achieved remarkable poverty reduction since the reform began in late 1970s. More than 800 million people living under US$1.9 a day has been lifted out of poverty and China’s contribution to reducing the rate of global ...
https://iems.ust.hk/events/academic-seminar/2017/accurate-household-targeting-china-s-new-anti-poverty-strategy-sangui-wang
Is the PDS Already a Cash Transfer? Rethinking India’s Food Subsidy Policies
Abstract Critics argue that India’s mismanaged Public Distribution System (PDS), which sells subsidized cereals to poor families, should be replaced by cash transfers. Others fear cash may be misused. Using National Sample Survey data, this paper demonstrates that families treat additional PDS subsidies ...
https://iems.ust.hk/events/academic-seminar/2015/rethinking-india-s-food-subsidy-policies-sujata-balasubramanian
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