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Direct linkDeininger, Klaus; Goyal, Aparajita; Nagarajan, Hari – Journal of Human Resources, 2013
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…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Real Estate, Daughters, Death
