Inheritance law reform, empowerment, and human capital accumulation: second-generation effects from India

Klaus Deininger, Fang Xia, Songqing Jin and Hari Nagarajan

No 7086, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: 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 rates.

Keywords: Population Policies; Gender and Law; Gender and Health; Population&Development; Housing&Human Habitats (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-11-01
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