Islamic Inheritance Law, Son Preference and Fertility Behavior of Muslim Couples in Indonesia

Carranza, Eliana

dc.creator	Carranza, Eliana
dc.date	2012-03-19T17:29:15Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T17:29:15Z
dc.date	2012-02-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:50:04Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:50:04Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20120221114635
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3258
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/243691
dc.description	This paper examines whether the son preference and fertility behavior of Muslim couples respond to the risk of inheritance expropriation by their extended family. According to traditional Islamic inheritance principles, only the son of a deceased man can exclude his male agnates from inheritance and preserve his estate within the nuclear household. The paper exploits cross-sectional and time variation in the application of the Islamic inheritance exclusion rule in Indonesia: between Muslim and non-Muslim populations affected by different legal systems, across men with different sibling sex composition, and before and after a change in Islamic law that allowed female children to exclude male relatives. The analysis finds that Muslim couples more affected by the exclusion rule exhibit stronger son preference, practice sex-differential fertility stopping, attain a higher proportion of sons, and have larger families than non-Muslims or Muslims for whom the exclusion rule is less binding.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5972
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ABORTION
dc.subject	ABORTION RATE
dc.subject	ADULT MEN
dc.subject	ADULTS
dc.subject	AGE AT MARRIAGE
dc.subject	AVERAGE AGE
dc.subject	CENTER FOR HEALTH
dc.subject	CHILD BIRTH
dc.subject	CHILD MORTALITY
dc.subject	CHILD MORTALITY RATES
dc.subject	CHILD-BEARING
dc.subject	CHILDBEARING
dc.subject	CHILDREN PER WOMAN
dc.subject	CIVIL LAW
dc.subject	CONTRACEPTION
dc.subject	CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS
dc.subject	CONTRACEPTIVE USE
dc.subject	COUPLES
dc.subject	COURT
dc.subject	CUSTOMARY LAW
dc.subject	CUSTOMARY PRACTICE
dc.subject	DECLINE IN FERTILITY
dc.subject	DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS
dc.subject	DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION
dc.subject	DEMOGRAPHY
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subject	DIFFERENTIALS IN FERTILITY
dc.subject	DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subject	EITHER SEX
dc.subject	EQUAL TREATMENT
dc.subject	EXCESS FERTILITY
dc.subject	EXTENDED FAMILY
dc.subject	FAMILY COMPOSITION
dc.subject	FAMILY LAW
dc.subject	FAMILY PLANNING
dc.subject	FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM
dc.subject	FAMILY SIZE
dc.subject	FAMILY STRUCTURE
dc.subject	FEMALE
dc.subject	FEMALE CHILDREN
dc.subject	FERTILITY
dc.subject	FERTILITY BEHAVIOR
dc.subject	FERTILITY BEHAVIOUR
dc.subject	FERTILITY DECLINE
dc.subject	FERTILITY LEVELS
dc.subject	FERTILITY PREFERENCES
dc.subject	FERTILITY RATE
dc.subject	FEWER CHILDREN
dc.subject	FIRST BIRTH
dc.subject	FIRST CHILD
dc.subject	GENDER
dc.subject	GENDER INEQUALITY
dc.subject	GENDER PREFERENCES
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	HOME
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject	HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	HUSBAND
dc.subject	IDEAL FAMILY SIZE
dc.subject	IDEAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN
dc.subject	INFANT
dc.subject	INFANT MORTALITY
dc.subject	INFANT MORTALITY RATE
dc.subject	INHERITANCE
dc.subject	INHERITANCE RIGHT
dc.subject	INHERITANCE RIGHTS
dc.subject	ISLAMIC LAW
dc.subject	ISLAMIC LEGISLATION
dc.subject	IUD
dc.subject	JUSTICE
dc.subject	LAND OWNERSHIP
dc.subject	LARGER FAMILIES
dc.subject	LEGISLATIONS
dc.subject	LIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subject	LIVE BIRTHS
dc.subject	LOW FERTILITY
dc.subject	LOW FERTILITY LEVELS
dc.subject	MALE RELATIVES
dc.subject	MARITAL FERTILITY
dc.subject	MARRIAGES
dc.subject	MARRIED MAN
dc.subject	MARRIED WOMEN
dc.subject	METHOD OF CONTRACEPTION
dc.subject	MODERN CONTRACEPTIVE USE
dc.subject	MODERNIZATION
dc.subject	MORTALITY DIFFERENTIALS
dc.subject	MOTHER
dc.subject	MUSLIM GIRLS
dc.subject	MUSLIM WOMEN
dc.subject	NATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING
dc.subject	NATIONAL LAW
dc.subject	NUCLEAR FAMILY
dc.subject	NUMBER OF CHILDREN
dc.subject	PARENTS
dc.subject	POLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subject	POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	POPULATION DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	POPULATION GROUPS
dc.subject	POPULATION POLICY
dc.subject	POPULATION RESEARCH
dc.subject	POPULOUS COUNTRY
dc.subject	PRENATAL SEX SELECTION
dc.subject	PREFERENCE FOR SONS
dc.subject	PREVENTION OF PREGNANCY
dc.subject	PROGRESS
dc.subject	PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS
dc.subject	PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subject	RELIGIOUS BELIEFS
dc.subject	RELIGIOUS GROUPS
dc.subject	REPRODUCTIVE AGE
dc.subject	REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR
dc.subject	RESIDENCE
dc.subject	SCHOOLS
dc.subject	SEX
dc.subject	SEX PREFERENCE
dc.subject	SEX RATIO
dc.subject	SEX RATIOS
dc.subject	SIBLINGS
dc.subject	SMALL FAMILIES
dc.subject	SOCIAL RESEARCH
dc.subject	SOCIETY
dc.subject	SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SOCIOLOGY
dc.subject	SON PREFERENCE
dc.subject	SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER
dc.subject	SPOUSE
dc.subject	STERILIZATION
dc.subject	UNFPA
dc.subject	UNITED NATION POPULATION FUND
dc.subject	USE OF CONTRACEPTION
dc.subject	WIDOWS
dc.subject	WIFE
dc.subject	WILL
dc.subject	WIVES
dc.title	Islamic Inheritance Law, Son Preference and Fertility Behavior of Muslim Couples in Indonesia
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	East Asia and Pacific
dc.coverage	Indonesia