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Land Inheritance and Schooling in Matrilineal Societies: Evidence from Sumatra

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dc.contributor.author Quisumbing, Agnes R. en_US
dc.contributor.author Otsuka, Keijiro en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2009-07-31T15:11:55Z
dc.date.available 2009-07-31T15:11:55Z
dc.date.issued 2001 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2002-04-04 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2002-04-04 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10535/4033
dc.description.abstract "This paper explores statistically the implications of the shift from communal to individualized tenure on the distribution of land and schooling between sons and daughters in matrilineal societies, based on a Sumatra case study. The inheritance system is evolving from a strictly matrilineal system to a more egalitarian system in which sons and daughters inherit the type of land which is more intensive in their own work effort. While gender bias is either non-existent or small in land inheritance, daughters tend to be disadvantaged with respect to schooling. The gender gap in schooling, however, appears to be closing for the generation of younger children." en_US
dc.language English en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries CAPRi Working Paper No. 14 en_US
dc.subject land tenure and use en_US
dc.subject inheritance en_US
dc.subject education en_US
dc.subject gender en_US
dc.title Land Inheritance and Schooling in Matrilineal Societies: Evidence from Sumatra en_US
dc.type Working Paper en_US
dc.publisher.workingpaperseries CGIAR System-Wide Program on Property Rights and Collective Action, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC en_US
dc.coverage.region East Asia en_US
dc.coverage.country Indonesia en_US
dc.subject.sector Land Tenure & Use en_US
dc.subject.sector Social Organization en_US
dc.submitter.email lwisen@indiana.edu en_US


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