Sons, Land Division, Inheritance, and Household Labor Allocation Strategies

Carol Vlassoff

Chapter 6 in Gender Equality and Inequality in Rural India, 2013, pp 109-122 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The impact of land division on the size of household land holdings in Gove, and the diversification of labor into nonfarm occupations to supplement farm incomes, were discussed briefly in Chapter 3. In Chapters 4 and 5 the enduring preference for sons was seen as closely tied to cultural traditions, especially inheritance and continuation of the family line. This chapter provides information on the experiences of individual farmers and Gove families across generations. In particular, the implications of having several sons for land division, inheritance and household labor allocation, and for the situation of sisters and daughters, are examined from a longitudinal perspective. It has been noted that empirical studies of inheritance such as this are rare (Deininger et al., 2013), as are in depth studies of rural farmers in India (Deb, 2011).

Keywords: Gender Equality; Household Head; Farm Income; Focus Group Discussion; Land Holding (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-37392-2_6

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.palgrave.com/9781137373922

DOI: 10.1057/9781137373922_6

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().