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DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs’ Trade\, Development a
 nd Political Economy Series presents Karthik Muralidharan.&nbsp\;Public em
 ployment programs may affect poverty both directly through the income they
  provide and indirectly through general-equilibrium effects. The authors e
 stimate both effects\, exploiting a reform that improved the implementatio
 n of India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) and whose 
 rollout was randomized at a large (sub-district) scale.Karthik Muralidhara
 n is the Tata Chancellor's Professor of economics at the University of Cal
 ifornia\, San Diego\, a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Econo
 mic Research\, and a Board member and co-chair of the Education program at
  the Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from 
 Harvard. Prof. Muralidharan's primary research topics include education\, 
 health\, and social protection\; measuring quality of public service deliv
 ery\; program evaluation\; and improving the effectiveness of public spend
 ing (with a focus on developing countries). His work has been published in
  top journals.
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SUMMARY:General Equilibrium Effects of (Improving) Public Employment Progra
 ms: Evidence from India
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs’ T
 rade\, Development and Political Economy Series presents Karthik Muralidha
 ran.&nbsp\;</p><p>Public employment programs may affect poverty both direc
 tly through the income they provide and indirectly through general-equilib
 rium effects. The authors estimate both effects\, exploiting a reform that
  improved the implementation of India’s National Rural Employment Guarante
 e Scheme (NREGS) and whose rollout was randomized at a large (sub-district
 ) scale.<br><br><strong>Karthik Muralidharan</strong> is the Tata Chancell
 or's Professor of economics at the University of California\, San Diego\, 
 a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research\, and a B
 oard member and co-chair of the Education program at the Jameel Poverty Ac
 tion Lab at MIT. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard. Prof. Muralid
 haran's primary research topics include education\, health\, and social pr
 otection\; measuring quality of public service delivery\; program evaluati
 on\; and improving the effectiveness of public spending (with a focus on d
 eveloping countries). His work has been published in top journals.</p>
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