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MiddleEastandNorthAfricaRegion

OfficeoftheChiefEconomist

February2024

PolicyResearchWorkingPaper10693

Abstract

Whenreformofgenderdiscriminatorylawfails,indi-inheritance.Theoverallevidenceontheeffectivenessof

vidualactioncanofferasecond-bestsolution.Asmosttheproposedinformationaltreatmentstoencouragegift-

Muslim-majoritycountries,TunisiaappliesIslamicinher-ingismixed.However,approvalofgiftingdaughtersis

itancelaw,systematicallyfavoringsonsoverdaughters.high—especiallyamongthewealthy.Menaremorelikely

Bymakinggiftstotheirdaughter,parentscanprivatelytogiftthanwomen.Bycontrast,demandforlegalreform

attenuategenderdiscriminationininheritance.Thisstudyissignificantlyhigheramongwomenandindividualswith

investigatestowhatextentgiftingcanrepresentanalterna-loweducationalattainment.Thefindingsthussuggestthat

tivetolegalreformandforwhom.Withinarandomizedgiftingindeedrepresentsanalternativetolegalreform;but

experiment,thisstudytestswhetherpro