Bequest motives among older Malays in Selangor

A bequest motive seeks to provide an economic justification for the phenomenon of intergenerational transfers of wealth. In other words, it is to explain why people leave wealth behind when they die. The objective of this study is to identify what motivates the bequest transfers among older Malays...

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Main Authors:	Shyue, Chuan Chong, Suhaili Alma’amun, Bik, Kai Sia
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Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9588/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9588/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9588/1/jeko_49%282%29-2.pdf

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spelling	ukm-95882016-12-14T06:50:23Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9588/ Bequest motives among older Malays in Selangor Shyue, Chuan Chong Suhaili Alma’amun, Bik, Kai Sia A bequest motive seeks to provide an economic justification for the phenomenon of intergenerational transfers of wealth. In other words, it is to explain why people leave wealth behind when they die. The objective of this study is to identify what motivates the bequest transfers among older Malays in Selangor – the largest ethnic group in Malaysia for which a bequest is culturally and religiously constructed within the society. This primary data were collected through face-to-face interviews using a structured questionnaire in the second quarter of 2011 with a total sample size of 280 older Malays aged 50 years or above in the state of Selangor. From the findings, it was discovered that older Malays in Selangor, conformed more to the altruism model than other bequest models. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9588/1/jeko_49%282%29-2.pdf Shyue, Chuan Chong and Suhaili Alma’amun, and Bik, Kai Sia (2015) Bequest motives among older Malays in Selangor. Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, 49 (2). pp. 17-26. ISSN 0127-1962 http://www.ukm.my/fep/jem/current.html
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description	A bequest motive seeks to provide an economic justification for the phenomenon of intergenerational transfers of wealth. In other words, it is to explain why people leave wealth behind when they die. The objective of this study is to identify what motivates the bequest transfers among older Malays in Selangor – the largest ethnic group in Malaysia for which a bequest is culturally and religiously constructed within the society. This primary data were collected through face-to-face interviews using a structured questionnaire in the second quarter of 2011 with a total sample size of 280 older Malays aged 50 years or above in the state of Selangor. From the findings, it was discovered that older Malays in Selangor, conformed more to the altruism model than other bequest models.
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author	Shyue, Chuan Chong Suhaili Alma’amun, Bik, Kai Sia
spellingShingle	Shyue, Chuan Chong Suhaili Alma’amun, Bik, Kai Sia Bequest motives among older Malays in Selangor
author_facet	Shyue, Chuan Chong Suhaili Alma’amun, Bik, Kai Sia
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title	Bequest motives among older Malays in Selangor
title_short	Bequest motives among older Malays in Selangor
title_full	Bequest motives among older Malays in Selangor
title_fullStr	Bequest motives among older Malays in Selangor
title_full_unstemmed	Bequest motives among older Malays in Selangor
title_sort	bequest motives among older malays in selangor
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2015
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9588/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9588/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9588/1/jeko_49%282%29-2.pdf
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Bequest motives among older Malays in Selangor

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