Women's inheritance rights and intergenerational transmission of resources in India

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 114-141

  Deininger, Klaus ^a   Goyal, Aparajita ^a   Nagarajan, Hari ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b National Council of Applied Economic Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HINDUISM; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; LEGAL RIGHTS; WOMENS STATUS;

INDIA;

EID: 84875083366     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.48.1.114     Document Type: Article

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