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This paper uses evidence from three Indian states, one of which amended inheritance legislation in 1994, to assess first- and second-generation effects of inheritance reform using a triple-difference strategy. Second-generation effects on education, time use, and health are larger and more significant than first-generation effects even controlling for mothers' endowments. Improved access to bank accounts and sanitation as well as lower fertility in the parent generation suggest that inheritance reform empowered females in a sustainable way, a notion supported by significantly higher female survival rates.

Asset Accumulation --- Communities & Human Settlements --- Gender --- Gender & Health --- Health, Nutrition and Population --- Household Resources --- Housing & Human Habitats --- Human Capital Investments --- Inheritance Legislation --- Intergenerational Bequests --- Population & Development --- Population Policies