Customary Norms, Inheritance, and Human Capital : Evidence from a Reform of the Matrilineal System in Ghana
We study the role of traditional norms in land allocation and human capital investment. We exploit a policy experiment in Ghana that increased the land that children from matrilineal groups could inherit from their fathers. Boys exposed to the reform received 0.9 less years of education—an effect dr...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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American Economic Association
2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29062 |