Long-term effects of historical inheritance customs on household formation and gender disparities

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This paper studies the effect of inheritance customs for agricultural land on household formation and gender disparities. Under partible inheritance, agricultural land is split equally among all siblings. Under impartible inheritance, only one descendant inherits the entire land. Using a spatial regression discontinuity design, I find that partible inheritance has a persistent negative effect on household size but not fertility. It has a positive impact on today's female political representation and a negative effect on the gender gap in employment. Fathers also have a lower probability of making use of parental leave benefits but receive them for a longer time.

Object Details

• ISBN: 978-3-96973-207-6
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Ruhr Economic Papers ; No. 1038

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination ; Economic History: Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment, and Extractive Industries: Europe: Pre-1913 ; Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics
• Subject: Inheritance ; agriculture ; gender disparities

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Süß, Karolin
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
• (where): Essen
• (when): 2023

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.4419/96973207
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/277745
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET