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

Although many studies point towards significant positive impacts of Hindu Succession Act (HSA) reforms on females’ empowerment and access to human and physical capital, the fact that this reform also led to increased female mortality raises questions about long-term sustainability of reform effects....

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Main Authors:	Deininger, Klaus, Jin, Songqing, Nagarajan, Hari K., Xia, Fang
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2019
Subjects:	INHERITANCE LAW SECOND GENERATION GENDER HUMAN CAPITAL WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT COMPLETION RATE
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32601

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spelling	okr-10986-326012021-05-25T10:54:35Z Inheritance Law Reform, Empowerment, and Human Capital Accumulation : Second-Generation Effects from India Deininger, Klaus Jin, Songqing Nagarajan, Hari K. Xia, Fang INHERITANCE LAW SECOND GENERATION GENDER HUMAN CAPITAL WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT COMPLETION RATE Although many studies point towards significant positive impacts of Hindu Succession Act (HSA) reforms on females’ empowerment and access to human and physical capital, the fact that this reform also led to increased female mortality raises questions about long-term sustainability of reform effects. We use evidence from three states, one of which amended the HSA in 1994, to assess first- and second-generation effects of this reform using a triple-difference strategy. First-generation effects include greater likelihood of completing primary education, more assets brought into marriage, improved access to bank accounts, a lower share of female births, and higher female survival rates. Second-generation effects on education, time use, and health are robust and point estimates of education are larger than first-generation ones even after mothers’ endowments are controlled for, pointing to a sizeable and sustained empowerment effect. 2019-10-22T20:24:17Z 2019-10-22T20:24:17Z 2019 Journal Article The Journal of Development Studies 0022-0388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32601 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research South Asia India
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topic	INHERITANCE LAW SECOND GENERATION GENDER HUMAN CAPITAL WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT COMPLETION RATE
spellingShingle	INHERITANCE LAW SECOND GENERATION GENDER HUMAN CAPITAL WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT COMPLETION RATE Deininger, Klaus Jin, Songqing Nagarajan, Hari K. Xia, Fang Inheritance Law Reform, Empowerment, and Human Capital Accumulation : Second-Generation Effects from India
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description	Although many studies point towards significant positive impacts of Hindu Succession Act (HSA) reforms on females’ empowerment and access to human and physical capital, the fact that this reform also led to increased female mortality raises questions about long-term sustainability of reform effects. We use evidence from three states, one of which amended the HSA in 1994, to assess first- and second-generation effects of this reform using a triple-difference strategy. First-generation effects include greater likelihood of completing primary education, more assets brought into marriage, improved access to bank accounts, a lower share of female births, and higher female survival rates. Second-generation effects on education, time use, and health are robust and point estimates of education are larger than first-generation ones even after mothers’ endowments are controlled for, pointing to a sizeable and sustained empowerment effect.
format	Journal Article
author	Deininger, Klaus Jin, Songqing Nagarajan, Hari K. Xia, Fang
author_facet	Deininger, Klaus Jin, Songqing Nagarajan, Hari K. Xia, Fang
author_sort	Deininger, Klaus
title	Inheritance Law Reform, Empowerment, and Human Capital Accumulation : Second-Generation Effects from India
title_short	Inheritance Law Reform, Empowerment, and Human Capital Accumulation : Second-Generation Effects from India
title_full	Inheritance Law Reform, Empowerment, and Human Capital Accumulation : Second-Generation Effects from India
title_fullStr	Inheritance Law Reform, Empowerment, and Human Capital Accumulation : Second-Generation Effects from India
title_full_unstemmed	Inheritance Law Reform, Empowerment, and Human Capital Accumulation : Second-Generation Effects from India
title_sort	inheritance law reform, empowerment, and human capital accumulation : second-generation effects from india
publisher	Taylor and Francis
publishDate	2019
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32601
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Inheritance Law Reform, Empowerment, and Human Capital Accumulation : Second-Generation Effects from India

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