Global Preferences Survey

Elicit risk, time, and social preferences

Welcome to the website of the Global Preferences Survey, a globally representative dataset on risk and time preferences, positive and negative reciprocity, altruism, and trust.

This website describes the dataset, offers an interactive tool to compare preferences across countries, and allows you to download the questionnaires and access the data for research purposes.

It also provides resources how to replicate the results of the paper “Global Evidence on Economic Preferences” by Armin Falk, Anke Becker, Thomas Dohmen, Benjamin Enke, David Huffman, and Uwe Sunde, published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics (Nov. 2018).

See also the articles “Relationship of gender differences in preferences to economic development and gender equality” by Armin Falk and Johannes Hermle, published in Science (Oct. 2018), and “The preference survey module: A validated instrument for measuring risk, time, and social preferences” by Armin Falk, Anke Becker, Thomas Dohmen, David Huffman, and Uwe Sunde, published in Management Science (April 2023).