Trust, Trustworthiness, and Age

Experimental Evidence

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ID22122920
AuthorsMoritz Lukas (0000-0002-1939-6848, Universität Hamburg, corresponding author), Markus Nöth (0000-0001-7942-5148, Universität Hamburg)
Year2021
Volume241
Issue4
Pages419-436
Publication date2021-08-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJahrbucher fur Nationalokonomie und Statistik (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2366-049X • E-ISSN: 0021-4027
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/jbnst-2020-0012
OpenAlexW3122752027
LanguageEN
References cited18

Based on an incentivized non-anonymous trust game with 230 elementary school pupils aged between 6 and 11 years, we investigate the development of trust and trustworthiness across age groups. Trust increases with age, thereby increasing the profits of both the trustor and the trustee. The trustee keeps most of the profits. These results replicate the findings of Sutter and Kocher (2007) in that trust increases with age and trustworthiness exists in all age groups that are examined in our study; however, the amounts transferred between subjects in our experiment are substantially higher, a result which is likely to be driven by the non-anonymity in our setting

Age groups · Anonymity · Business · Computer security · Dictator game · Economics · Economy · Information Age · Replicate · Sociology · Statistics · Trustworthiness · Computer Science · Demography · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology

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