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

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.

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Main Authors: Xia, Fang, Deininger, Klaus, Jin, Songqing, Nagarajan, Hari K.
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014-11
Subjects:ACCESS TO LAND, ADOLESCENT FEMALES, AGE AT MARRIAGE, AGE DISTRIBUTION, AGE GROUPS, AGED, CHILD CARE, CHILD LABOR, CHILD MORTALITY, COMMUNITIES, CONTRACEPTIVE CHOICE, CULTURAL CHANGE, DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH, DIVORCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC INEQUALITY, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, ELDERLY, EMPOWERING WOMEN, EMPOWERMENT, EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN, EXCESS FERTILITY, FAMILY PROPERTY, FAMILY RESOURCES, FATHER, FATHERS, FEMALE, FEMALE CHILD, FEMALE EDUCATION, FEMALE LABOR FORCE, FEMALE MORTALITY, FUTURE GENERATIONS, GENDER, GENDER DIFFERENCES, GENDER DISCRIMINATION, GENDER EQUALITY, GENDER EQUITY, GENDER INEQUALITY, HEALTH STATUS, HIV/AIDS, HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HOUSEHOLD WORK, HOUSEHOLDS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUSBAND, HUSBANDS, INHERITANCE, INHERITANCE RIGHTS, INTERVENTIONS, KINSHIP, KINSHIP STRUCTURE, LABOR MARKET, LABOR SUPPLY, LACK OF INFORMATION, LAND TENURE, LAWS, LEGAL CHANGES, LEGISLATION, LEVELS OF FERTILITY, LOWER FERTILITY, MARRIAGE AGE, MARRIAGES, MARRIED WOMEN, MATERIAL WEALTH, MIGRATION, MODERNIZATION, MOTHER, MOTHERS, NATIONAL COUNCIL, NATIONAL LEVEL, NUMBER OF CHILDREN, NUTRITION, OLD AGE, OLD-AGE, PARENTS, PENSIONS, POLICY DISCUSSIONS, POLICY IMPLICATIONS, POLICY MAKERS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT, PREGNANCY, PREVENTABLE DISEASE, PREVENTABLE DISEASES, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PROGRESS, PROPERTY RIGHTS, REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR, REPRODUCTIVE CHOICES, RESPECT, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL POVERTY, SANITATION, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SEX, SEX RATIO, SEX RATIOS, SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION, SOCIAL MOBILITY, SOCIAL NORMS, SPOUSE, SPOUSES, STATE UNIVERSITY, SURVIVAL RATE, TRADITIONAL SOCIETIES, VILLAGES, WIDOWS, WILL, WIVES, YOUNG GIRLS, YOUNG WOMEN,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/11/20346331/inheritance-law-reform-empowerment-human-capital-accumulation-second-generation-effects-india-inheritance-law-reform-empowerment-human-capital-accumulation-second-generation-effects-india
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20630
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