Women's legal rights and gender gaps in property ownership in develo** countries

I Gaddis, R Lahoti… - … and Development Review, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Women's property ownership matters for their well‐being and agency, broader economic
prosperity, and children's development. However, until recently, a lack of data has …

Research and development expenditure gap: does women's political empowerment matter?

D Avom, B Kamguia - Economics of Innovation and New …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Sustained economic growth has been high on the list of priorities of many developed and
develo** nations, and the importance of new technology to sustained economic growth …

Individualism and women's economic rights

LS Davis, CR Williamson - Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022 - Elsevier
Individualism is associated with an emphasis on personal liberty and self-determination,
values that reduce support for patriarchal norms and increase gender equality. Here, we …

Women's inheritance rights and child health outcomes in India

JB Ajefu, N Singh, S Ali, U Efobi - The Journal of development …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Does a legal change in women's inheritance rights have long-term effects on child health
outcomes? This paper examines the effect of an improvement in women's inheritance rights …

Missing women: A review of underlying causes and policy responses

A Dasgupta, A Sharma - … , and Anisha Sharma.'Missing Women: A …, 2022 - papers.ssrn.com
One of the most egregious manifestations of gender bias is the phenomenon of “missing
women”. The number of missing women is projected to increase to 150 million by 2035, as a …

Women's inheritance rights and child health outcomes in Kenya

J Ajefu, E Uchenna, N Singh, SZ Ali - Journal of Family and Economic …, 2024 - Springer
In recent years, many develo** countries implemented inheritance rights reforms, aimed
at abolishing any forms of gender discrimination in the arena of property rights. A few studies …

Cybercrime and Inheritance Legislation in Iraq: Extension of Perspectives on Inheritance Legislation within Iraq

T Alkhafagy, SN Nazem, AF Farhan… - … Journal of Cyber …, 2023 - cybercrimejournal.com
This research aims to determine the relationship between cybercrime and inheritance laws
within the context of legislation inheritance in Iraq. The undertaken study has followed a …

Is banning sex-selection the best approach for reducing prenatal discrimination?

M Das Gupta - Asian population studies, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Pressure to ban prenatal sex-selection has grown with rising sex ratios at birth in some
countries. Governments feel pressured to act, and bans seem an immediate step they can …

Women's right to property and the child quantity-quality trade-off: evidence from India

V Tandel, A Dutta, S Gandhi, A Narayanan - Journal of Population …, 2023 - Springer
We study the effects of a series of state and federal reforms that granted Indian women equal
inheritance rights on the quantity and quality of children. Using a difference-in-differences …

Mothers' social status and children's health: evidence from joint households in rural India

D Coffey, R Khera, D Spears - Demography, 2022 - read.dukeupress.edu
The premise that a woman's social status has intergenerational effects on her children's
health has featured prominently in population science research and in development policy …