Determinant of Financial Literacy on Indonesian Migrant Employees in Malaysia

Authors

  • Achmad Rizal Department of Finance, Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Malaysia
  • U’um Munawaroh Department of Shariah Finance Management, School of Postgraduate Studies, Universitas Gadjah Mada
  • Fadhilah Abdullah Asuhaimi Department of Finance, Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Malaysia
  • Aris Munandar Department of Islamic Economics, Faculty of Islamic Economics and Business, UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta
  • Adib Susilo Department of Islamic Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Universitas Darussalam Gontor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22219/jes.v8i1.24245

Abstract

Malaysia is the main destination for Indonesian migrant employees to work aboard. This research aims to investigate the factors influenced financial literacy of Indonesian Migrant Employee in Malaysia. Ordered Logistic Regression is employed in this research in order to conduct a survey among 303 Indonesian Migrant Workers. OLS model employed to test the effect of financial attitude, financial behavior, financial knowledge, financial socialization, and demographic variables on the financial literacy. The result found that financial attitude, financial behavior and financial socialization have positive and statistically affects on the financial literacy. Meanwhile, in term of age, participants at 36-50 years old have positively and statistically affects on the financial literacy, while senior and diploma students have a higher financial literacy in terms the level of education. In addition, Gender also have positively and statistically effects on financial literacy. This study contributes to increase the discourse of financial literacy especially in financial knowledge that needs to be improved by government for Indonesian employee.

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Published

2023-02-28

How to Cite

Rizal, A., Munawaroh, U., Asuhaimi, F. A., Munandar, A., & Susilo, A. (2023). Determinant of Financial Literacy on Indonesian Migrant Employees in Malaysia. Falah: Jurnal Ekonomi Syariah, 8(1), 14–27. https://doi.org/10.22219/jes.v8i1.24245

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2023): FEBRUARY

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Journal Article

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