Carranza, Eliana2012-03-192012-03-192012-02-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3258This 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.CC BY 3.0 IGOABORTIONABORTION RATEADULT MENADULTSAGE AT MARRIAGEAVERAGE AGECENTER FOR HEALTHCHILD BIRTHCHILD MORTALITYCHILD MORTALITY RATESCHILD-BEARINGCHILDBEARINGCHILDREN PER WOMANCIVIL LAWCONTRACEPTIONCONTRACEPTIVE METHODSCONTRACEPTIVE USECOUPLESCOURTCUSTOMARY LAWCUSTOMARY PRACTICEDECLINE IN FERTILITYDEMOGRAPHIC FACTORSDEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITIONDEMOGRAPHYDEVELOPMENT POLICYDIFFERENTIALS IN FERTILITYDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTHEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEITHER SEXEQUAL TREATMENTEXCESS FERTILITYEXTENDED FAMILYFAMILY COMPOSITIONFAMILY LAWFAMILY PLANNINGFAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMFAMILY SIZEFAMILY STRUCTUREFEMALEFEMALE CHILDRENFERTILITYFERTILITY BEHAVIORFERTILITY BEHAVIOURFERTILITY DECLINEFERTILITY LEVELSFERTILITY PREFERENCESFERTILITY RATEFEWER CHILDRENFIRST BIRTHFIRST CHILDGENDERGENDER INEQUALITYGENDER PREFERENCESHEALTH CAREHOMEHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUSBANDIDEAL FAMILY SIZEIDEAL NUMBER OF CHILDRENINFANTINFANT MORTALITYINFANT MORTALITY RATEINHERITANCEINHERITANCE RIGHTINHERITANCE RIGHTSISLAMIC LAWISLAMIC LEGISLATIONIUDJUSTICELAND OWNERSHIPLARGER FAMILIESLEGISLATIONSLIFE EXPECTANCYLIVE BIRTHSLOW FERTILITYLOW FERTILITY LEVELSMALE RELATIVESMARITAL FERTILITYMARRIAGESMARRIED MANMARRIED WOMENMETHOD OF CONTRACEPTIONMODERN CONTRACEPTIVE USEMODERNIZATIONMORTALITY DIFFERENTIALSMOTHERMUSLIM GIRLSMUSLIM WOMENNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNINGNATIONAL LAWNUCLEAR FAMILYNUMBER OF CHILDRENPARENTSPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOPULATION AND DEVELOPMENTPOPULATION DEVELOPMENTPOPULATION GROUPSPOPULATION POLICYPOPULATION RESEARCHPOPULOUS COUNTRYPRENATAL SEX SELECTIONPREFERENCE FOR SONSPREVENTION OF PREGNANCYPROGRESSPSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTSPUBLIC HEALTHRELIGIOUS BELIEFSRELIGIOUS GROUPSREPRODUCTIVE AGEREPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIORRESIDENCESCHOOLSSEXSEX PREFERENCESEX RATIOSEX RATIOSSIBLINGSSMALL FAMILIESSOCIAL RESEARCHSOCIETYSOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTSOCIOLOGYSON PREFERENCESOURCE OF DRINKING WATERSPOUSESTERILIZATIONUNFPAUNITED NATION POPULATION FUNDUSE OF CONTRACEPTIONWIDOWSWIFEWILLWIVESWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-5972