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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
Lindsey, J. K. – Evaluation in Education: International Progress, 1978
Responses of 5,000 parents to a family background questionnaire were assessed in the belief that social structures of underdeveloped countries must be studied before determining how they influence education. A logistic model is presented to statistically analyze social class and caste, parents' education, income, religion, and language ability.…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Developing Nations, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries
Narayana, D. – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2005
This study analyses the impact of democratic decentralisation on the chances of socially excluded groups to participate in newly created local governance institutions--Panchayati Raj Institutions--in three Indian states. This institutional reform included a quota for the disadvantaged--women and lower castes--to ensure their effective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Females, Organizational Change
