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Jorge Luis García
Jorge Luis García is an associate professor at the Department of Economics of Texas A&M University, as well as a research affiliate at the Institute of Labor Economics and a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is a labor economist investigating the economic fundamentals driving the efficiency and effectiveness of social policies that tackle poverty in the US and developing countries. Some of his work also uses tools of development and public economics. His research aims to better understand the human capital development and well-being of children and their parents, especially their mothers.
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How MNREGA reduced women’s labour force participation
By guaranteeing 100 workdays annually per household in rural India, MNREGA seeks to enhance economic security and alleviate poverty. This article shows that while the programme has successfully achieved these goals, it has inadvertently reduced rural women’s labour force participation and consequently their well-being and household bargaining power. This is because it has reduced the need for women to serve as additional workers in times of male income instability.
