论文标题
在印度接触继承法的持续时间：检查对授权的异质作用
Duration of exposure to inheritance law in India: Examining the heterogeneous effects on empowerment
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论文摘要
涉及法律保护的计划的较高持续时间可能需要在社会规范中逐渐积极变化，而社会规范可以受到潜在受益者的利用。本文探讨了印度在印度继承法中对性别中性改革的持续时间对两个潜在妇女赋权的潜在领域的异构影响：内在的，这与代理机构的扩展和工具有关，这与做出决策的能力有关。在各个州的修正年份和婚姻年之间的时间滞后会导致妇女改革暴露的外在差异。研究结果表明，仪器和内在授权的非线性增加。重要的是，发现教育的改善以及婚姻年龄的增加以及家庭结构的变化被发现是潜在的渠道，这些渠道逐渐放松了社会规范，并解释了更高的赋权回报。
Higher duration of programs that involve legal protection may entail gradual positive changes in social norms that can be leveraged by potential beneficiaries in their favor. This paper examines the heterogeneous impact of the duration of exposure to gender-neutral reforms in the inheritance law in India on two latent domains of women empowerment: intrinsic, which pertains to expansion of agency and instrumental which relates to ability to make decisions. The time lag between the year of the amendment in the respective states and the year of marriage generate exogenous variation in reform exposure across women. The findings indicate a significant non-linear increase in the instrumental as well as intrinsic empowerment. Importantly, improvements in education along with increase in the age of marriage and changes in family structure are found to be the potential channels that signal gradual relaxation of social norms and explain the higher returns to exposure on empowerment.
