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Social Preferences Of Young Adults In Japan: The Roles Of Age And Gender

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  • AKIHIRO KAWASE

    (Faculty of Economics, Toyo University, 5-28-20 Hakusan, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8606, Japan)

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Deviations from self-interest in economic behavior have recently been featured in models of “social preferences.†This study examines the social preferences of Japanese university students using Charness and Rabin’s [(2002). Understanding social preferences with simple tests. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 117, 817–869] experimental design and Martinsson et al.’s [(2011). Social preferences during childhood and the role of gender and age: An experiment in Austria and Sweden. Economics Letters, 110, 248–251] empirical methodology. The obtained distributions of preference types are as follows: self-interest — 14%, competitive — 23%, difference aversion — 73% and social-welfare — 22%. I find a significant age effect for the self-interest preference alone, and a gender difference for the self-interest, difference aversion and social-welfare preferences.

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  • Akihiro Kawase, 2023. "Social Preferences Of Young Adults In Japan: The Roles Of Age And Gender," The Singapore Economic Review (SER), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 68(06), pages 2215-2223, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:serxxx:v:68:y:2023:i:06:n:s0217590820500770
    DOI: 10.1142/S0217590820500770
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    Keywords

    Social preference; young adult; age; gender; distributional experiment;
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    JEL classification:

    • C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers

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