Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/242764 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
Centre for Land Tenure Studies Working Paper No. 3/18
Publisher: 
Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Centre for Land Tenure Studies (CLTS), Ås
Abstract: 
The paper assesses risk tolerance, trust and trustworthiness among male and female youth group members in recently formed primary cooperative businesses in Ethiopia. Male members are found to be more risk tolerant, trusting and trustworthy than females. There is a strong positive correlation between individual risk tolerance and trust for male while this correlation is much weaker for female members. Individual risk tolerance is positively correlated with trustworthiness for males but not for females. Females are more trusting and trustworthy in groups with more risk tolerant members. Females' trustworthiness is more sensitive to group characteristics and experiences. The findings are consistent with social role theory as males appear more instrumental and females more communal in their responses.
Subjects: 
Gender differences
risk tolerance
trust
trustworthiness
youth business group members
social role theory
Ethiopia
JEL: 
C93
D80
D81
D84
D90
ISBN: 
978-82-7490-267-1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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