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Women's Inheritance Rights and Intergenerational Transmission of Resources in India

Klaus Deininger, Aparajita Goyal and Hari Nagarajan
Journal of Human Resources, January 2013, 48 (1) 114-141; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.48.1.114
Klaus Deininger
Klaus Deininger is a Lead Economist at the World Bank. Aparajita Goyal is an Economist at the World Bank. Hari Nagarajan is a Senior Fellow at the National Council of Applied Economic Research
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Aparajita Goyal
Klaus Deininger is a Lead Economist at the World Bank. Aparajita Goyal is an Economist at the World Bank. Hari Nagarajan is a Senior Fellow at the National Council of Applied Economic Research
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Klaus Deininger is a Lead Economist at the World Bank. Aparajita Goyal is an Economist at the World Bank. Hari Nagarajan is a Senior Fellow at the National Council of Applied Economic Research
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