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dc.contributor.authorDeininger, Klaus
dc.contributor.authorJin, Songqing
dc.contributor.authorNagarajan, Hari K.
dc.contributor.authorXia, Fang
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-26T08:40:45Z
dc.date.available2021-05-26T08:40:45Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationDeininger, K., Jin, S., & Nagarajan, H. K. (2018). Inheritance law reform, empowerment, and human capital accumulation: second-generation effects from India, 55(12), 2549-2571. Journal of Development Studies. doi:https://doi.org/1 0.1080/00220388.2018.1520218en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11718/23899
dc.description.abstractAlthough many studies point towards significant positive impacts of Hindu Succession Act (HSA) reforms on females’ empowerment and access to human and physical capital, the fact that this reform also led to increased female mortality raises questions about long-term sustainability of reform effects. We use evidence from three states, one of which amended the HSA in 1994, to assess first- and second-generation effects of this reform using a triple-difference strategy. First-generation effects include greater likelihood of completing primary education, more assets brought into marriage, improved access to bank accounts, a lower share of female births, and higher female survival rates. Second-generation effects on education, time use, and health are robust and point estimates of education are larger than first-generation ones even after mothers’ endowments are controlled for, pointing to a sizeable and sustained empowerment effect.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Development Studiesen_US
dc.subjectInheritance law reformen_US
dc.subjectEmpowermenten_US
dc.subjectHuman capitalen_US
dc.subjectIndiaen_US
dc.titleInheritance law reform, empowerment, and human capital accumulation: second-generation effects from Indiaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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