This paper examines how the introduction of female inheritance rights, implemented in four Indian states between 1986 and 1994, affected educational achievement and labor force participation of children. Investigating time-varying state amendments to the Hindu Succession Act of 1956, which provided equal inheritance rights to male and female children, I find that reforms led to greater probability of primary school completion and lower probability of labor force participation for children. Performing a triple-difference analysis, I find that these results are larger for Hindu children, specifically Hindu females and Hindu children living in rural areas.

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继承法，教育程度和童工：来自印度国家的证据

本文研究了在1986年至1994年间在印度四个州实施的女性继承权的实施如何影响儿童的教育成就和劳动力参与程度。我调查了1956年《印度继承法》的时变州修正案，该修正案为男女子女提供了平等的继承权，我发现改革导致小学毕业的可能性更大，而儿童参与劳动的可能性更低。通过进行三重差异分析，我发现对于印度教儿童，尤其是印度教女性和生活在农村地区的印度教儿童，这些结果更大。