Inheritance Law Reform, Empowerment, and Human Capital Accumulation : Second-Generation Effects from India / Deininger, Klaus
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2014Description: Online-Ressource (31 p)Additional physical formats: Deininger, Klaus: Inheritance Law Reform, Empowerment, and Human Capital Accumulation DOI: DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-7086Online resources: Summary: 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 ratesPPN: PPN: 834984717Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-WBA | ZDB-110-WBLNo physical items for this record
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