Poverty, Undernutrition and Vulnerability in Rural India: Public Works versus Food Subsidy
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- Raghbendra Jha, 2009. "Poverty, Undernutrition and Vulnerability in Rural India: Public Works versus Food Subsidy," Working Papers id:1907, eSocialSciences.
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Keywords
Poverty; Undernutrition; Vulnerability; Rural Public Works (RPW); Public Distribution System (PDS); Poverty Reduction Policy; Treatment Effects Model; Propensity Score Matching (PSM) Model; India;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models
- C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
- C31 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions; Social Interaction Models
- I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
- I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
- O22 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Project Analysis
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2008-12-07 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-CWA-2008-12-07 (Central and Western Asia)
- NEP-DEV-2008-12-07 (Development)
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