Full citation: Deere, C. D., Oduro, A., Swaminathan, H. and Doss, C., “Property Rights and the Gender Distribution of Wealth in Ecuador, Ghana and India,” 13 GENDER ASSET GAP PROJECT WORKING PAPER (August 2012). – This paper finds that basic property rights are insufficient, for much depends upon the legal and cultural regimes related to marriage and inheritance. Drawing upon household asset surveys which collected individual level ownership data in Ecuador, Ghana and the state of Karnataka in India, it estimates married women’s share of couple wealth and relate it to whether major household assets are owned individually or jointly […]
Record Author: Swaminathan, H
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Gender Asset and Wealth Gaps Evidence from Karnataka
Full Citation: Swaminathan, H. et al., “Gender Asset and Wealth Gaps: Evidence from Karnataka,” 35 ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL WEEKLY (Sept. 2012).