That means that when a woman’s household is participating in NREG she has a probability 0.095 higher to be a part of the labour force, than if she does not. This effect is also significant. They are set at the state-level with considerable variation among states (Dougherty 2008). Various studies have found that the complex laws protecting organised (formal) sector workers (about 10% of total) leads to lower elasticity of demand for labour in manufacturing, and low productivity (Dougherty et al.