@article{Ahuja:119403,
      recid = {119403},
      author = {Ahuja, Usha Rani and Tyagi, Dushayant and Chauhan, Sonia  and Chaudhary, Khyali Ram},
      title = {Impact of MGNREGA on Rural Employment and Migration: A  Study in Agriculturally-backward and  Agriculturally-advanced Districts of Haryana},
      journal = {Agricultural Economics Research Review},
      address = {2011-11},
      number = {347-2016-16987},
      year = {2011},
      abstract = {The study conducted in the state of Haryana has  investigated the impact of implementation of MGNREGA
in two  districts — one agriculturally-advanced (Karnal) and the  other agriculturally-backward (Mewat).
Besides demographic  characteristics, the paper has investigated the difference  in the employment status,
income, landholding size, herd  size and other assets of the sample farm households in  these two districts
by taking 120 farm families, 60 from  each district. The impact of MGNREGA within a district has  also been
studied in terms of income and employment  security, migration, debt repayment, extent of  participation in
MGNREGA works, socio-economic status, etc.  by seeking information from 30 participating and 30  nonparticipating
households in MGNREGA works in each  district. A significant difference has been found in
the  extent of employment under MGNREGA works in  agriculturally-advanced Karnal (13.7%)  and
agriculturally-backward Mewat (24.6%) districts. The  study has observed that despite being a source  of
employment, MGNREGA has not been able to check the  migration from the developed region because of
higher  market wage rates at destinations. The study has concluded  that farmers owning large size of
landholdings and more  number of animals are not much interested in participating  in MGNREGA works.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/119403},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.119403},
}