When reform of gender discriminatory law fails, individual action can offer a second-best solution. As most Muslim-majority countries, Tunisia applies Islamic inheritance law, systematically favoring sons over daughters. By making gifts to their daughter, parents can privately attenuate gender discrimination in inheritance. This study investigates to what extent gifting can represent an alternative to legal reform and for whom. Within a randomized...
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2024/02/06
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Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas
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WPS10693
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1
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2024/02/05
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Disclosed
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Tackling Gender Discriminatory Inheritance Law Privately : Lessons from a Survey Experiment in Tunisia