RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Women's Inheritance Rights and Intergenerational Transmission of Resources in India
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 114
OP 141
DO 10.3368/jhr.48.1.114
VO 48
IS 1
A1 Deininger, Klaus
A1 Goyal, Aparajita
A1 Nagarajan, Hari
YR 2013
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/48/1/114.abstract
AB We 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. We show that the amendment significantly increased daughters' likelihood to inherit land, but that even after the amendment, substantial bias persists. Our results also indicate a robust increase in educational attainment of daughters, suggesting an alternative channel of wealth transfer.