Trust and age: An experiment with current and former students

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2019
Volume: 181
Issue: C
Pages: 37-39

Authors (2)

Greiner, Ben (Universität Wien) Zednik, Anita (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We examine differences in trust and trustworthiness across age groups by running a trust game experiment with current students and alumni of a large Austrian university. We find linear age effects, in that older adults are more trusting and more trustworthy than younger participants. We detect no gender effect in terms of trustingness, but observe that females are more trustworthy than males.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:181:y:2019:i:c:p:37-39
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25