Land As Power, An Analysis of Female Land Inheritance and Intrahousehold Bargaining in Rwanda

<p>Do increased levels of female land inheritance lead to increases in female intrahousehold bargaining power? Analysis of an expansive Rwandan household survey dataset from 2010-2011 suggests that female land inheritances are positively associated with female intrahousehold bargaining power. The results support the relative efficacy of intrahousehold bargaining models over that of unitary household models. The findings have implications for Rwandan lawmakers debating changes to the country's “Succession law” which makes gender discrimination in land inheritance illegal. This is the first paper of its kind to estimate female land inheritance's effect on bargaining power in Rwanda. </p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in International and Development Economics (MSIDEC)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Economics

Year dc:date.available

2014

Author dc:creator

• Adebayo, Eric

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Elizabeth Katz

• Intrahousehold Bargaining
• Gender Equality
• Household Model
• Land Inheritance
• Rwandan Land Inheritance
• Female Empowerment
• Female Asset Ownership
• Growth and Development
• Income Distribution
• Other Economics

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.usfca.edu/thes/93

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.usfca.edu:thes-1100