Deininger, Klaus ; Xia, Fang ; Jin, Songqing ; Nagarajan, Hari K.
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Abstract
This paper uses evidence from three Indian states, one of which amended inheritance legislation in 1994, to assess first- and second-generation effects of inheritance reform using a triple-difference strategy. Second-generation effects on education, time use, and health are larger and more significant than first-generation effects even controlling for mothers' endowments. Improved access to bank accounts and sanitation as well as lower fertility in the parent generation suggest that inheritance reform empowered females in a sustainable way, a notion supported by significantly higher female survival rates.
| Document type: | Working paper |
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| Publisher: | The World Bank |
| Place of Publication: | Washington, D.C. |
| Date: | 2014 |
| Version: | Secondary publication |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Aug 2015 |
| Number of Pages: | 29 |
| Faculties / Institutes: | Miscellaneous > Individual person |
| DDC-classification: | Law |
| Controlled Keywords: | Indien, Erbrecht, Empowerment |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Indien, Erbrecht, Empowerment, Frau / India, Inheritance Law, Empowerment, Woman |
| Subject (classification): | Politics Law Sociology |
| Countries/Regions: | India |
| Additional Information: | © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/20630 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO |
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