Table 9 Determinants of change in the amount of allocated NREGS funds
Variable | Residual change in allocated funds between 2006–2007 and 2007–2008 in a mandal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
Number of rural households | 0.000793 | ||||
(0.000594) | |||||
Scheduled caste population | −0.000585 | ||||
(0.000666) | |||||
Scheduled tribe population | 0.000171 | ||||
(0.000169) | |||||
Literate population | 0.000337 | ||||
(0.000268) | |||||
Number of agricultural laborers | 0.000508 | ||||
(0.000733) | |||||
Proportion of mandal level constituencies won by the Indian National Congressa | 5.39 | ||||
(7.34) | |||||
Constant | −7.637 | 4.179 | −6.265 | −2.967 | −3.39 |
(6.706) | (6.313) | (6.052) | (6.000) | (4.95) | |
Observations | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
R-squared | 0.121 | 0.250 | 0.108 | 0.036 | 0.039 |