This paper studies the impact of female property rights on male and female suicide rates in India. Using state level … more suicides among both men and women in India. Using individual level data on domestic violence we find evidence that … increased property rights for women did increase the incidence of wife beating in India. A model of intra-household bargaining …

This paper studies the impact of female property rights on male and female suicide rates in India. Using state level … more suicides among both men and women in India. Using individual level data on domestic violence we find evidence that … increased property rights for women did increase the incidence of wife beating in India. A model of intra-household bargaining …

This paper analyzes the intergenerational effects following the positive changes in women's inheritance rights in India …. Using the Indian Human Development Survey data for rural India and a difference-in-differences strategy, we find that the … property rights reform significantly increased women's education. However, we find no evidence of an intergenerational …