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Motives for Intergenerational Transfers. Evidence from Malaysia

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Lillard, L-A
Willis, R-J

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In this paper we discuss a number of hypotheses about motives for intergenerational transfers within the family. We use data on time and money transfers between generations in Malaysia, where there is neither Social Security nor Medicare, to explore these hypotheses empirically.

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Paper provided by RAND - Reprint Series in its series Papers with number 97-04.

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Date of creation: 1997
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Keywords: HOUSEHOLD ; MALAYSIA;

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