Document Type : Research Paper
Author
faculty of economics, Allameh Tabataba'i University
Abstract
An extensive and growing literature has documented the existence of social preferences, their economic and political consequences, and the various conditions under which they affect the equilibrium and outcomes of human interactions. In this research, by using the Global Preferences Survey (GPS) data, an attempt was made to investigate the effect of age and gender on social preferences for the entire country and provinces. The results of multivariate regression showed that, firstly, people's age has a positive and significant effect on trusting others and altruism, and it has a negative and significant effect on negative reciprocity, but it does not have a significant effect on positive reciprocity. Secondly, gender only has a negative and significant effect on trust. It means that women have less trust. Thirdly, income and education have a negative and significant effect on trust and have a significant and positive effect on altruism and positive reciprocity and do not have a significant effect on negative reciprocity. Also, the ranking of the country's provinces was calculated and presented based on the constituent elements of social preferences (trust, altruism, positive and negative reciprocity). Based on the findings of the research, it was found that Iran is higher than the world average in terms of altruism, trust and reciprocity, and Markazi, Lorestan and Ilam provinces have the highest rank in trust, altruism and reciprocity, respectively.
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