Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Rochester. Department of Economics, 2015. Chapter 3 was written in collaboration with Umair Khalil of the Department of Economics.This dissertation contributes to the literature on women's empowerment and household structure in South Asia. The first chapter examines whether economic empowerment of women improves their autonomy within their marital household. I exploit variation from a legal reform aimed at improving women's inheritance rights in India. For generations, inheritance laws in India favored men, but in recent years five states amended their inheritance laws to make them gender-neutral. I exploit the spatial and time variation in the implementation of the amendments to identify their effect o...
This paper explores the impacts of the amendment to the 1956 Hindu Succession Act on Hindu females’ ...
This thesis examines the effects of modernization, proxied by educational and wealth increases, on w...
This paper examines how different patterns of kinship and inheritance affect intergenerational relat...
Land ownership is an important determinant of intra-household bargaining power in low-income countri...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2018This dissertation is a collection of three essays that...
We investigate whether legislation of equal inheritance rights for women modifies the historic prefe...
This paper examines whether and to what extent changes in inheritance legislation impact women's phy...
This paper examines the impact of gender-progressive reforms to the inheritance law in India on wome...
This paper examines whether and to what extent amendments in inheritance legislation impact women's ...
This paper examines the impact of gender-progressive reforms to the inheritance law in India on wome...
This paper examines the impact of property inheritance rights on human capital investment of women. ...
Abstract of associated article: This paper examines the impact of gender-progressive reforms to the ...
Intrahousehold bargaining dynamics have long favored men, and development research identified multip...
This paper examines the determinants of female autonomy using data from India. We model female auton...
This paper examines whether and to what extent amendments in inheritance legislation impact women's ...
This paper explores the impacts of the amendment to the 1956 Hindu Succession Act on Hindu females’ ...
This thesis examines the effects of modernization, proxied by educational and wealth increases, on w...
This paper examines how different patterns of kinship and inheritance affect intergenerational relat...
Land ownership is an important determinant of intra-household bargaining power in low-income countri...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2018This dissertation is a collection of three essays that...
We investigate whether legislation of equal inheritance rights for women modifies the historic prefe...
This paper examines whether and to what extent changes in inheritance legislation impact women's phy...
This paper examines the impact of gender-progressive reforms to the inheritance law in India on wome...
This paper examines whether and to what extent amendments in inheritance legislation impact women's ...
This paper examines the impact of gender-progressive reforms to the inheritance law in India on wome...
This paper examines the impact of property inheritance rights on human capital investment of women. ...
Abstract of associated article: This paper examines the impact of gender-progressive reforms to the ...
Intrahousehold bargaining dynamics have long favored men, and development research identified multip...
This paper examines the determinants of female autonomy using data from India. We model female auton...
This paper examines whether and to what extent amendments in inheritance legislation impact women's ...
This paper explores the impacts of the amendment to the 1956 Hindu Succession Act on Hindu females’ ...
This thesis examines the effects of modernization, proxied by educational and wealth increases, on w...
This paper examines how different patterns of kinship and inheritance affect intergenerational relat...