Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Nandi, Alita
Author-Name: Bhattacharya, Anindya
Author-Name: Kar, Anirban
Title: Local institutional structure and clientelistic access to employment: the case of MGNREGS in three states of India
Abstract: This work is a contribution, first, toward measuring rural institu- tions taking multidimensional networks of socio-economic interactions in villages as the primitive and then toward exploring impacts of such institutions on household-access to a public employment programme: MGNREGS in India. Our focus is on the institution of clientelism- patronage-the presence and intensity of that. Using primary data we identify the presence of patron-client relationships, show that clients have better access to MGNREGS employment than non-clients and a household in elite-villages has higher access to MGNREGS employment. Complementary to our empirical exercises, we construct and analyze a theoretical model supporting our empirical findings.

Creation-Date: 20171102
Number: 2017-14
Publication-Status: published
File-URL: https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/files/working-papers/iser/2017-14.pdf
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Handle: RePEc:ese:iserwp:2017-14