Impact of MGNREGA on Cropping Pattern and Labour Use: An Analysis Using Primary Survey from Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh
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The implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in India in 2006, has voiced concerns about the possible adverse impact on agriculture due to a shortage of casual labour in the agriculture sector and an unfavourable shift in cropping patterns. At the same time, MGNREGA is also associated with investments in rural infrastructure. The scheme especially focuses on water-related structures through asset creation. This paper examines the impact of MGNREGA on cropping patterns and labour use at the village level. The paper distinguishes between three categories of rural households viz; labourer-households, middle-farmers and largefarmers. The database for the analysis comprises a primary survey of 667 households in Dholpur and Karauli districts in Rajasthan, and Barabanki and Sonbhadra districts in Uttar Pradesh. The empirical strategy exploits the non-uniform implementation of MGNREGA and compares outcomes in high-treatment villages with those in lowtreatment villages using a difference-in-difference framework in order to identify causal effects.
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