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Using detailed monthly panel data from rural India, this paper analyzes sectoral wage gaps for men and women. I document three important findings. First, there is clear evidence of sorting into sectors, with very large differences in worker human capital across the farm and non-farm sectors and...
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This paper studies the effect of inheritance customs for agricultural land on household formation and gender … disparities. Under partible inheritance, agricultural land is split equally among all siblings. Under impartible inheritance, only … one descendant inherits the entire land. Using a spatial regression discontinuity design, I find that partible inheritance …
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We investigate whether legislation of equal inheritance rights for women modifies the historic preference for sons in … increased excess female infant mortality and son-biased fertility stopping. This suggests that the inheritance reform raised the …
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