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Poverty, Undernutrition and Vulnerability in Rural India: Public Works versus Food Subsidy

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Raghbendra Jha

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This paper analyses the effects of access to Rural Public Works (RPW) and the Public Distribution System (PDS), a public food subsidy programme, on consumption poverty, vulnerability and undernutrition in India drawing, on the large household datasets constructed with National Sample Survey (NSS) data, 50th round in 1993-1994 and 61st round in 2004-2005. The treatment effects model and propensity score matching (PSM) model are used to take account of the sample selection bias in evaluating the effects of RPW or PDS on poverty.

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Keywords: NSS; national sample survey; poverty; undernutrition; vulnerability; Rural Public Works (RPW); Public Distribution System (PDS); poverty reduction policy; treatment effects model; Propensity Score Matching (PSM) model; India;

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