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Inheritance Law Reform, Empowerment, and Human Capital Accumulation: Second-Generation Effects from India

Year: 2014

Type: report

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.

DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-7086

Authors: Fang Xia, Klaus Deininger, Songqing Jin, Hari K. Nagarajan

Institutions: Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Institute of Rural Management Anand, Zhejiang University, Michigan State University, University of International Business and Economics, World Bank, World Bank Group

Language: English

Topic: Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

Subfield: Gender Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: gold

OpenAlex ID: W2163282255

Cites: 73

Cited by: 23

Related to: 10