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Political reservation for women and delivery of public works program

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  • Nayana Bose
  • Shreyasee Das

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We examine the impact of political reservations for women to analyze the effectiveness of female leaders in executing public works under NREGA, India's largest public works program. The 73rd Amendment to the Indian Constitution mandated that one third of Panchayat seats be randomly assigned to women. Using detailed data on Panchayat elections, employment, and public works expenditure for nine districts in Uttar Pradesh, we find female Panchayat leaders significantly increase the demand for work under NREGA. We also find that women leaders take up projects that directly benefit women, such as water control and harvesting. Finally, we find no difference between male and female leaders in generating employment or efficiently implementing public works under NREGA.

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  • Nayana Bose & Shreyasee Das, 2018. "Political reservation for women and delivery of public works program," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 22(1), pages 203-219, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:rdevec:v:22:y:2018:i:1:p:203-219
    DOI: 10.1111/rode.12336
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    1. Ankush Goyal & Rajender Kumar, 2022. "Does Social Welfare Programmes Influence Households Trust in Local Administration and Their Political Participation? Evidence from the MGNREG Scheme in India," Indian Journal of Human Development, , vol. 16(3), pages 602-617, December.
    2. Deininger, Klaus & Nagarajan, Hari K & Singh, Sudhir K, 2020. "Women's political leadership and economic empowerment: Evidence from public works in India," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 48(2), pages 277-291.
    3. Priyanka, Sadia, 2020. "Do female politicians matter for female labor market outcomes? Evidence from state legislative elections in India," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 64(C).
    4. Deininger,Klaus W. & Jin,Songqing & Nagarajan,Hari Krishnan & Singh,Sudhir K., 2020. "Political Reservation and Female Labor Force Participation in Rural India," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9350, The World Bank.
    5. Vivek Pandey & Ankita Rathi & Deepak Kumar, 2023. "Governance response during COVID‐19 and political affirmative action: Evidence from local governments in India," Public Administration & Development, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 43(2), pages 185-195, May.
    6. Shrestha, Samyam & Kadam, Aditi & Gaddis, Isis & Javed, Amna, 2024. "Regional Integration and Gendered Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Two Nationwide Highway Networks in India," 2024 Annual Meeting, July 28-30, New Orleans, LA 344057, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

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