Islamic Inheritance Law, Son Preference and Fertility Behavior of Muslim Couples in Indonesia

This paper examines whether the son preference and fertility behavior of Muslim couples respond to the risk of inheritance expropriation by their extended family. According to traditional Islamic inheritance principles, only the son of a deceased m...

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Main Author:	Carranza, Eliana
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ABORTION ABORTION RATE ADULT MEN ADULTS AGE AT MARRIAGE AVERAGE AGE CENTER FOR HEALTH CHILD BIRTH CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CHILD-BEARING CHILDBEARING CHILDREN PER WOMAN CIVIL LAW CONTRACEPTION CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS CONTRACEPTIVE USE COUPLES COURT CUSTOMARY LAW CUSTOMARY PRACTICE DECLINE IN FERTILITY DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEMOGRAPHY DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIFFERENTIALS IN FERTILITY DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EITHER SEX EQUAL TREATMENT EXCESS FERTILITY EXTENDED FAMILY FAMILY COMPOSITION FAMILY LAW FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM FAMILY SIZE FAMILY STRUCTURE FEMALE FEMALE CHILDREN FERTILITY FERTILITY BEHAVIOR FERTILITY BEHAVIOUR FERTILITY DECLINE FERTILITY LEVELS FERTILITY PREFERENCES FERTILITY RATE FEWER CHILDREN FIRST BIRTH FIRST CHILD GENDER GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER PREFERENCES HEALTH CARE HOME HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUSBAND IDEAL FAMILY SIZE IDEAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INHERITANCE INHERITANCE RIGHT INHERITANCE RIGHTS ISLAMIC LAW ISLAMIC LEGISLATION IUD JUSTICE LAND OWNERSHIP LARGER FAMILIES LEGISLATIONS LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVE BIRTHS LOW FERTILITY LOW FERTILITY LEVELS MALE RELATIVES MARITAL FERTILITY MARRIAGES MARRIED MAN MARRIED WOMEN METHOD OF CONTRACEPTION MODERN CONTRACEPTIVE USE MODERNIZATION MORTALITY DIFFERENTIALS MOTHER MUSLIM GIRLS MUSLIM WOMEN NATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING NATIONAL LAW NUCLEAR FAMILY NUMBER OF CHILDREN PARENTS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION DEVELOPMENT POPULATION GROUPS POPULATION POLICY POPULATION RESEARCH POPULOUS COUNTRY PRENATAL SEX SELECTION PREFERENCE FOR SONS PREVENTION OF PREGNANCY PROGRESS PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS PUBLIC HEALTH RELIGIOUS BELIEFS RELIGIOUS GROUPS REPRODUCTIVE AGE REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR RESIDENCE SCHOOLS SEX SEX PREFERENCE SEX RATIO SEX RATIOS SIBLINGS SMALL FAMILIES SOCIAL RESEARCH SOCIETY SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOCIOLOGY SON PREFERENCE SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER SPOUSE STERILIZATION UNFPA UNITED NATION POPULATION FUND USE OF CONTRACEPTION WIDOWS WIFE WILL WIVES
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spelling	okr-10986-32582021-04-23T14:02:08Z Islamic Inheritance Law, Son Preference and Fertility Behavior of Muslim Couples in Indonesia Carranza, Eliana ABORTION ABORTION RATE ADULT MEN ADULTS AGE AT MARRIAGE AVERAGE AGE CENTER FOR HEALTH CHILD BIRTH CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CHILD-BEARING CHILDBEARING CHILDREN PER WOMAN CIVIL LAW CONTRACEPTION CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS CONTRACEPTIVE USE COUPLES COURT CUSTOMARY LAW CUSTOMARY PRACTICE DECLINE IN FERTILITY DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEMOGRAPHY DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIFFERENTIALS IN FERTILITY DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EITHER SEX EQUAL TREATMENT EXCESS FERTILITY EXTENDED FAMILY FAMILY COMPOSITION FAMILY LAW FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM FAMILY SIZE FAMILY STRUCTURE FEMALE FEMALE CHILDREN FERTILITY FERTILITY BEHAVIOR FERTILITY BEHAVIOUR FERTILITY DECLINE FERTILITY LEVELS FERTILITY PREFERENCES FERTILITY RATE FEWER CHILDREN FIRST BIRTH FIRST CHILD GENDER GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER PREFERENCES HEALTH CARE HOME HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUSBAND IDEAL FAMILY SIZE IDEAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INHERITANCE INHERITANCE RIGHT INHERITANCE RIGHTS ISLAMIC LAW ISLAMIC LEGISLATION IUD JUSTICE LAND OWNERSHIP LARGER FAMILIES LEGISLATIONS LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVE BIRTHS LOW FERTILITY LOW FERTILITY LEVELS MALE RELATIVES MARITAL FERTILITY MARRIAGES MARRIED MAN MARRIED WOMEN METHOD OF CONTRACEPTION MODERN CONTRACEPTIVE USE MODERNIZATION MORTALITY DIFFERENTIALS MOTHER MUSLIM GIRLS MUSLIM WOMEN NATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING NATIONAL LAW NUCLEAR FAMILY NUMBER OF CHILDREN PARENTS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION DEVELOPMENT POPULATION GROUPS POPULATION POLICY POPULATION RESEARCH POPULOUS COUNTRY PRENATAL SEX SELECTION PREFERENCE FOR SONS PREVENTION OF PREGNANCY PROGRESS PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS PUBLIC HEALTH RELIGIOUS BELIEFS RELIGIOUS GROUPS REPRODUCTIVE AGE REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR RESIDENCE SCHOOLS SEX SEX PREFERENCE SEX RATIO SEX RATIOS SIBLINGS SMALL FAMILIES SOCIAL RESEARCH SOCIETY SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOCIOLOGY SON PREFERENCE SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER SPOUSE STERILIZATION UNFPA UNITED NATION POPULATION FUND USE OF CONTRACEPTION WIDOWS WIFE WILL WIVES This paper examines whether the son preference and fertility behavior of Muslim couples respond to the risk of inheritance expropriation by their extended family. According to traditional Islamic inheritance principles, only the son of a deceased man can exclude his male agnates from inheritance and preserve his estate within the nuclear household. The paper exploits cross-sectional and time variation in the application of the Islamic inheritance exclusion rule in Indonesia: between Muslim and non-Muslim populations affected by different legal systems, across men with different sibling sex composition, and before and after a change in Islamic law that allowed female children to exclude male relatives. The analysis finds that Muslim couples more affected by the exclusion rule exhibit stronger son preference, practice sex-differential fertility stopping, attain a higher proportion of sons, and have larger families than non-Muslims or Muslims for whom the exclusion rule is less binding. 2012-03-19T17:29:15Z 2012-03-19T17:29:15Z 2012-02-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20120221114635 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3258 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5972 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific Indonesia
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topic	ABORTION ABORTION RATE ADULT MEN ADULTS AGE AT MARRIAGE AVERAGE AGE CENTER FOR HEALTH CHILD BIRTH CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CHILD-BEARING CHILDBEARING CHILDREN PER WOMAN CIVIL LAW CONTRACEPTION CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS CONTRACEPTIVE USE COUPLES COURT CUSTOMARY LAW CUSTOMARY PRACTICE DECLINE IN FERTILITY DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEMOGRAPHY DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIFFERENTIALS IN FERTILITY DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EITHER SEX EQUAL TREATMENT EXCESS FERTILITY EXTENDED FAMILY FAMILY COMPOSITION FAMILY LAW FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM FAMILY SIZE FAMILY STRUCTURE FEMALE FEMALE CHILDREN FERTILITY FERTILITY BEHAVIOR FERTILITY BEHAVIOUR FERTILITY DECLINE FERTILITY LEVELS FERTILITY PREFERENCES FERTILITY RATE FEWER CHILDREN FIRST BIRTH FIRST CHILD GENDER GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER PREFERENCES HEALTH CARE HOME HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUSBAND IDEAL FAMILY SIZE IDEAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INHERITANCE INHERITANCE RIGHT INHERITANCE RIGHTS ISLAMIC LAW ISLAMIC LEGISLATION IUD JUSTICE LAND OWNERSHIP LARGER FAMILIES LEGISLATIONS LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVE BIRTHS LOW FERTILITY LOW FERTILITY LEVELS MALE RELATIVES MARITAL FERTILITY MARRIAGES MARRIED MAN MARRIED WOMEN METHOD OF CONTRACEPTION MODERN CONTRACEPTIVE USE MODERNIZATION MORTALITY DIFFERENTIALS MOTHER MUSLIM GIRLS MUSLIM WOMEN NATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING NATIONAL LAW NUCLEAR FAMILY NUMBER OF CHILDREN PARENTS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION DEVELOPMENT POPULATION GROUPS POPULATION POLICY POPULATION RESEARCH POPULOUS COUNTRY PRENATAL SEX SELECTION PREFERENCE FOR SONS PREVENTION OF PREGNANCY PROGRESS PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS PUBLIC HEALTH RELIGIOUS BELIEFS RELIGIOUS GROUPS REPRODUCTIVE AGE REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR RESIDENCE SCHOOLS SEX SEX PREFERENCE SEX RATIO SEX RATIOS SIBLINGS SMALL FAMILIES SOCIAL RESEARCH SOCIETY SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOCIOLOGY SON PREFERENCE SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER SPOUSE STERILIZATION UNFPA UNITED NATION POPULATION FUND USE OF CONTRACEPTION WIDOWS WIFE WILL WIVES
spellingShingle	ABORTION ABORTION RATE ADULT MEN ADULTS AGE AT MARRIAGE AVERAGE AGE CENTER FOR HEALTH CHILD BIRTH CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CHILD-BEARING CHILDBEARING CHILDREN PER WOMAN CIVIL LAW CONTRACEPTION CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS CONTRACEPTIVE USE COUPLES COURT CUSTOMARY LAW CUSTOMARY PRACTICE DECLINE IN FERTILITY DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEMOGRAPHY DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIFFERENTIALS IN FERTILITY DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EITHER SEX EQUAL TREATMENT EXCESS FERTILITY EXTENDED FAMILY FAMILY COMPOSITION FAMILY LAW FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM FAMILY SIZE FAMILY STRUCTURE FEMALE FEMALE CHILDREN FERTILITY FERTILITY BEHAVIOR FERTILITY BEHAVIOUR FERTILITY DECLINE FERTILITY LEVELS FERTILITY PREFERENCES FERTILITY RATE FEWER CHILDREN FIRST BIRTH FIRST CHILD GENDER GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER PREFERENCES HEALTH CARE HOME HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUSBAND IDEAL FAMILY SIZE IDEAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INHERITANCE INHERITANCE RIGHT INHERITANCE RIGHTS ISLAMIC LAW ISLAMIC LEGISLATION IUD JUSTICE LAND OWNERSHIP LARGER FAMILIES LEGISLATIONS LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVE BIRTHS LOW FERTILITY LOW FERTILITY LEVELS MALE RELATIVES MARITAL FERTILITY MARRIAGES MARRIED MAN MARRIED WOMEN METHOD OF CONTRACEPTION MODERN CONTRACEPTIVE USE MODERNIZATION MORTALITY DIFFERENTIALS MOTHER MUSLIM GIRLS MUSLIM WOMEN NATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING NATIONAL LAW NUCLEAR FAMILY NUMBER OF CHILDREN PARENTS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION DEVELOPMENT POPULATION GROUPS POPULATION POLICY POPULATION RESEARCH POPULOUS COUNTRY PRENATAL SEX SELECTION PREFERENCE FOR SONS PREVENTION OF PREGNANCY PROGRESS PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS PUBLIC HEALTH RELIGIOUS BELIEFS RELIGIOUS GROUPS REPRODUCTIVE AGE REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR RESIDENCE SCHOOLS SEX SEX PREFERENCE SEX RATIO SEX RATIOS SIBLINGS SMALL FAMILIES SOCIAL RESEARCH SOCIETY SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOCIOLOGY SON PREFERENCE SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER SPOUSE STERILIZATION UNFPA UNITED NATION POPULATION FUND USE OF CONTRACEPTION WIDOWS WIFE WILL WIVES Carranza, Eliana Islamic Inheritance Law, Son Preference and Fertility Behavior of Muslim Couples in Indonesia
geographic_facet	East Asia and Pacific Indonesia
relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5972
description	This paper examines whether the son preference and fertility behavior of Muslim couples respond to the risk of inheritance expropriation by their extended family. According to traditional Islamic inheritance principles, only the son of a deceased man can exclude his male agnates from inheritance and preserve his estate within the nuclear household. The paper exploits cross-sectional and time variation in the application of the Islamic inheritance exclusion rule in Indonesia: between Muslim and non-Muslim populations affected by different legal systems, across men with different sibling sex composition, and before and after a change in Islamic law that allowed female children to exclude male relatives. The analysis finds that Muslim couples more affected by the exclusion rule exhibit stronger son preference, practice sex-differential fertility stopping, attain a higher proportion of sons, and have larger families than non-Muslims or Muslims for whom the exclusion rule is less binding.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Carranza, Eliana
author_facet	Carranza, Eliana
author_sort	Carranza, Eliana
title	Islamic Inheritance Law, Son Preference and Fertility Behavior of Muslim Couples in Indonesia
title_short	Islamic Inheritance Law, Son Preference and Fertility Behavior of Muslim Couples in Indonesia
title_full	Islamic Inheritance Law, Son Preference and Fertility Behavior of Muslim Couples in Indonesia
title_fullStr	Islamic Inheritance Law, Son Preference and Fertility Behavior of Muslim Couples in Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed	Islamic Inheritance Law, Son Preference and Fertility Behavior of Muslim Couples in Indonesia
title_sort	islamic inheritance law, son preference and fertility behavior of muslim couples in indonesia
publishDate	2012
url	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20120221114635 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3258
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Islamic Inheritance Law, Son Preference and Fertility Behavior of Muslim Couples in Indonesia

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