Measuring the Social Welfare Index and the Impact of the Added Value of the Agricultural Sector on Welfare in Iran

Karim, Mohammad Hossein; Amiri, Hossein; Saravani, Mahdi

doi:10.22054/qjsd.2025.75030.2510

Measuring the Social Welfare Index and the Impact of the Added Value of the Agricultural Sector on Welfare in Iran

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Mohammad Hossein Karim ¹

hossein amiri ²

Mahdi Saravani ³

¹ Full Professor, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran

² Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran

³ Assistant Professor, Department of Economies, Zabol branch Islamic Azad University, Zabol Iran

https://doi.org/10.22054/qjsd.2025.75030.2510

Abstract

One of the main goals of economic development and progress is to achieve a higher welfare level. Social welfare can be considered as one of the goals of planning, a criterion for measuring the development conditions of the country. In this study, using the Amartya Sen social welfare index and the Gini coefficient, inequality and social welfare have been investigated on the share of the added value of the agricultural sector for the provinces of Iran during the years 2010 to 2019. The results show that the provinces of Ilam, Bushehr, Tehran, Khuzestan, Semnan, Qazvin, Kohgluye va Boyer Ahmad, Markazi and Yazd had higher welfare changes than the average of all provinces, and the provinces of East Azerbaijan, West Azerbaijan, Ardabil, Isfahan, Alborz, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, North Khorasan, Razavi Khorasan, South Khorasan, Zanjan, Sistan and Baluchistan, Fars, Qom, Kurdistan, Kerman, Kermanshah, Golestan, Gilan, Lorestan, Mazandaran, Hormozgan and Hamedan have had lower welfare changes than the average of the provinces. Also, in the provinces of Ardabil, Ilam, Razavi and Southern Khorasan, Semnan, Sistan Baluchistan, Fars, Qazvin, Qom, Kurdistan, Kerman, Kermanshah, Golestan, Gilan, Lorestan, Mazandaran, Markazi, Hamedan and Yazd, due to the positive impact of the added value of the agricultural sector on social welfare, the agricultural sector and services of these provinces have been more successful in increasing the welfare level than the industrial sector.

Keywords

Added Value of the Agricultural Sector

social welfare

inequality

provinces of Iran

Subjects

۸۰/۵۰۰۰ Social Development Social Welfare Globalization Family abuse Job Satisfaction social participation

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