Plausibly Exogenous [1400] - Inheritance (12/01/2023)
LHS Variable
Fertility
RHS Variable
Inheritance practices
Source of Exogenous Variation
In 1793, a series of inheritance reforms abolished local inheritance practices, imposing equal partition of assets among all children.
- Gay, Gobbi, and Goni (2023), “Revolutionary Transition: Inheritance Change and Fertility Decline”