Individualization of land rights and gender-differentiated inheritance in matrilineal Sumatra: efficiency and equity implications

This paper examines the equity implications of the evolution of land rights from communal land tenure to individualization in customary land areas in Western Sumatra. This brief sets forth policy implications: Preference for sons in the inheritance of agroforestry area in the Low Region may be expla...

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Main Authors:	Quisumbing, Agnes R., Otsuka, Keijiro
Format:	Brief
Language:	Inglés
Published:	International Food Policy Research Institute 1998
Subjects:	land tenure agroforestry gender relations right to property rice production rubber industry cinnamon industry education educational equalization poverty rural areas labour gender property rights child care
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161234