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Roy, Sanchari (2011) Empowering women : inheritance rights and female education in India. In: PAC-DEV 2011, University of California, Berkeley, 12 Mar 2011 (Unpublished)
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Abstract
This paper examines the impact of property inheritance rights on human capital investment of women. Using plausibly exogenous variation created by amendments to female inheritance laws in India, I find that exposure to improved inheritance rights increased mean female educational attainment by 1.1 to 1.3 years. I also provide suggestive evidence that the mechanism behind such an effect may be explained by the complementarity between female inheritance rights and education in the context of household property management rather than by a relaxation in the household budget constraint following reduction in dowry.
Item Type: | Conference Item (Paper) | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
Official Date: | 12 March 2011 | ||||
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Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Version or Related Resource: | Roy, Sanchari (2011). Empowering women : inheritance rights and female education in India In: Royal Economic Society 2011 Conference. Royal Holloway, London, 20 Apr 2011. Roy, Sanchari (2011). Empowering women : inheritance rights and female education in India In: CSAE 25th Anniversary Conference 2011 : Economic Development in Africa. Oxford, 20-22 Mar 2011. Roy, Sanchari (2011). Empowering women : inheritance rights and female education in India In: Invited Speaker : Indian Statistical Institute. Delhi, 12 Apr 2011. | ||||
Conference Paper Type: | Paper | ||||
Title of Event: | PAC-DEV 2011 | ||||
Type of Event: | Conference | ||||
Location of Event: | University of California, Berkeley | ||||
Date(s) of Event: | 12 Mar 2011 | ||||
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