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

Deininger, Klaus ; Xia, Fang ; Jin, Songqing ; Nagarajan, Hari K.

World Bank Group, Washington, DC

关键词: ACCESS TO LAND;    ADOLESCENT FEMALES;    AGE AT MARRIAGE;    AGE DISTRIBUTION;    AGE GROUPS;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-7086
RP-ID  :  WPS7086

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This paper uses evidence from threeIndian states, one of which amended inheritance legislationin 1994, to assess first- and second-generation effects ofinheritance reform using a triple-difference strategy.Second-generation effects on education, time use, and healthare larger and more significant than first-generationeffects even controlling for mothers' endowments.Improved access to bank accounts and sanitation as well aslower fertility in the parent generation suggest thatinheritance reform empowered females in a sustainable way, anotion supported by significantly higher female survival rates.