Inheritance Law Reform and Women’s Access to Capital : Evidence from India’s Hindu Succession Act

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dc.creatorNagarajan, Hari
dc.creatorDeininger, Klaus
dc.creatorGoyal, Aparajita
dc.date2012-03-19T18:40:27Z
dc.date2012-03-19T18:40:27Z
dc.date2010-06-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:55:41Z
dc.descriptionThis paper examines whether and to what extent amendments in inheritance legislation impact women's physical and human capital investments, using disaggregated household level data from India. The authors use inheritance patterns over three generations of individuals to assess the impact of changes in the Hindu Succession Act that grant daughters equal coparcenary birth rights in joint family property that were denied to daughters in the past. The causal effect is isolated by exploiting the variation in the timing of father's death to compare within household bequests of land given to sons and daughters in the states of Maharashtra and Karnataka. The analysis shows that the amendment significantly increased daughters' likelihood to inherit land, but that even after the amendment substantial bias persists. The results also indicate a robust increase in educational attainment of daughters, suggesting an alternative channel of wealth transfer.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/3823
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-5338
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/413074
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relationPolicy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5338
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectACCESS TO LAND
dc.subjectADVERSE EFFECTS
dc.subjectAGE AT MARRIAGE
dc.subjectAGE DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectAGE GROUPS
dc.subjectAGE OF MARRIAGE
dc.subjectAGED
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
dc.subjectASSETS
dc.subjectBARRIERS TO WOMEN
dc.subjectCHILD HEALTH
dc.subjectCHILD MORTALITY
dc.subjectCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
dc.subjectCONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectDISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectDISSEMINATION
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH
dc.subjectDIVORCE
dc.subjectDOMESTIC VIOLENCE
dc.subjectDYING
dc.subjectEARLY MARRIAGE
dc.subjectECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
dc.subjectECONOMIC INEQUALITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectECONOMIC OUTCOMES
dc.subjectECONOMIC RESEARCH
dc.subjectECONOMIC STATUS
dc.subjectECONOMICS RESEARCH
dc.subjectEDUCATION OF GIRLS
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subjectELEMENTARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectEMPOWERMENT
dc.subjectEMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN
dc.subjectEQUALITY OF WOMEN
dc.subjectEQUILIBRIUM THEORY
dc.subjectFAMILY HEALTH
dc.subjectFAMILY INCOME
dc.subjectFAMILY LAW
dc.subjectFAMILY MEMBERS
dc.subjectFAMILY PROPERTY
dc.subjectFAMILY RESOURCES
dc.subjectFATHER
dc.subjectFATHERS
dc.subjectFEMALE
dc.subjectFEMALE CHILDREN
dc.subjectFEMALE HEIRS
dc.subjectFEMALES
dc.subjectFERTILITY
dc.subjectFUNCTIONAL FORMS
dc.subjectFUTURE GENERATIONS
dc.subjectFUTURE RESEARCH
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectGENDER ASPECTS
dc.subjectGENDER BIAS
dc.subjectGENDER DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectGENDER DISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectGENDER EQUALITY
dc.subjectGENDER INEQUALITY
dc.subjectHOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD FORMATION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectHUSBAND
dc.subjectHUSBANDS
dc.subjectIMPACT ON CHILDREN
dc.subjectINCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subjectINDIFFERENCE CURVES
dc.subjectINEQUALITIES
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINHERITANCE
dc.subjectINHERITANCE RIGHTS
dc.subjectINHERITANCES
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
dc.subjectINVESTMENT IN CHILDREN
dc.subjectKINSHIP
dc.subjectKINSHIP STRUCTURE
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLABOR SUPPLY
dc.subjectLAND OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectLAWS
dc.subjectLEGAL AGE AT MARRIAGE
dc.subjectLEGAL CHANGE
dc.subjectLEGAL CHANGES
dc.subjectLEGAL RIGHTS
dc.subjectLEGISLATION
dc.subjectLEGISLATIVE CHANGES
dc.subjectLEVEL OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectLIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectLOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subjectMARRIAGES
dc.subjectMATERIAL WEALTH
dc.subjectMATERNAL MORTALITY
dc.subjectMODERNIZATION
dc.subjectMOTHER
dc.subjectMOTHERS
dc.subjectNATIONAL COUNCIL
dc.subjectNATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subjectNUMBER OF CHILDREN
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectOLD AGE
dc.subjectOLD-AGE
dc.subjectOPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
dc.subjectOPTIMIZATION
dc.subjectOWNERSHIP OF LAND
dc.subjectPARENTS
dc.subjectPENSION
dc.subjectPENSIONS
dc.subjectPERMANENT INCOME
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPOLITICAL POWER
dc.subjectPOLYGAMY
dc.subjectPOPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectPOPULATION STUDIES
dc.subjectPOSITIVE EFFECTS
dc.subjectPRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectPRODUCTION FUNCTION
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectPROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subjectREPRODUCTIVE DECISIONS
dc.subjectRESOURCE ALLOCATION
dc.subjectRESPECT
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY
dc.subjectSANCTIONS
dc.subjectSEX
dc.subjectSEX RATIOS
dc.subjectSEXES
dc.subjectSOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subjectSOCIAL STATUS
dc.subjectSPILLOVER
dc.subjectSPOUSE
dc.subjectSPOUSES
dc.subjectSTATE GOVERNMENTS
dc.subjectSTATUS OF WOMEN
dc.subjectTAXATION
dc.subjectUTILITY FUNCTION
dc.subjectWIDOW
dc.subjectWIDOWS
dc.subjectWIFE
dc.subjectWILL
dc.subjectWILLS
dc.subjectWIVES
dc.subjectWOMAN
dc.titleInheritance Law Reform and Women’s Access to Capital : Evidence from India’s Hindu Succession Act

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