(Unsubscribe link at bottom) IHDS DATA COMMUNITY RESULTS Are the Young and the Educated More Likely to Have “Love” Than Arranged Marriage? A Study of Autonomy in Partner Choice in India By Manjistha Banerji Using the India Human Development Survey (IHDS), Rounds I (2004–05) and II (2011–12), this chapter in the fo. [...] At the National Data Innovation Centre at the Council, she is involved with experimentations on different data collection techniques in the Delhi Metropolitan Area, telephonic surveys to assess the impact of the COVID pandemic in Delhi NCR and in questionnaire design for the upcoming round of India Human Development Survey. [...] The authors have employed a quasi- experimental approach, such as the difference-in-difference technique of effect evaluation, to quantify the programme’s influence on the credit and debt structures of rural families. [...] The empirical analysis shows evidence of change in behaviour in terms of a higher incidence of taking of loans from formal sources among the non-poor households actively participating in the MGNREGA programme. [...] The paper offers policy recommendations for successful targeting of the programme, notably in terms of providing social safety net benefits to the disadvantaged households in India.
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