TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Employment programmes for the poor and female empowerment: the effect of NREGS on gender-based violence in India
JO  - Journal of interdisciplinary economics
A1  - Amaral, Sofia
A1  - Bandyopadhyay, Siddhartha
A1  - Sensarma, Rudra
SP  - 199
EP  - 218
VL  - 27
IS  - 2
N2  - The introduction of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in India increased employment opportunities for the poor and even more so for poor women. In this article, we analyze the relationship between female labour participation and violence against women. Using district-time variation in the implementation of this anti-poverty programme, we estimate the effect of improved participation and access to the employment of women on gender-based violence. We find evidence that increased female labour participation following the NREGS has increased total gender-based violence. There have been increases in kidnappings, sexual harassments and domestic violence, while dowry deaths have decreased.   JEL: J12, J24, J71<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0260-1079
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0260107915582295
ID  - ref1
ER  -