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Women’s property, mobility, and decisionmaking :Evidence from rural Karnataka, India

by Hema Swaminathan; Rahul Lahoti and J Y Suchitra IFPRI Discussion Paper No.1188, June 2012 Recent research has shown that a substantial gap exists in asset ownership between men and women. In this paper, we examine the impact of rural women’s property ownership on their mobility and autonomy in decisionmaking. The results are based on [...]

Individual property rights and bargaining outcomes: evidence from intra-household asset data

by Hema Swaminathan; Suchitra J Y and Rahul Lahoti IIMB Working Paper No.364, 2012 This paper examines the determinants of the decision-making process among couples. Using an expanded conceptualization of decision-making, this paper explores factors that affect convergence or divergence between spousal perceptions. In particular, the paper considers the impact of women’s property status, specifically, [...]

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