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

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...

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Main Authors: Deininger, Klaus, Xia, Fang, Jin, Songqing, Nagarajan, Hari K.
Format: Publications & Research
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
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
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20630

Internet

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
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20630

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