• Are land-poor youth accessing rented land? : evidence from northern Ethiopia 

      Holden, Stein T.; Tilahun, Mesfin (CLTS Working paper;7/19, Working paper, 2019)
      Continued strong population growth in already densely populated rural areas in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa makes it harder for youth to choose agriculture as their main source of income. We investigate whether near landless ...
    • Gender differences in risk tolerance, trust and trustworthiness: Are they related? 

      Holden, Stein Terje; Tilahun, Mesfin (CLTS Working paper;2018:3, Working paper, 2018)
      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 ...
    • Group trust in youth business groups : influenced by risk tolerance and expected trustworthiness 

      Holden, Stein Terje; Tilahun, Mesfin (CLTS Working paper;2017:13, Working paper, 2017)
      We analyzed lab-in-the-field trust and risk experiment with 1125 youth in 119 youth groups established as primary cooperatives to develop a joint business. The experiments were implemented using classrooms in local schools ...
    • How do social preferences and norms of reciprocity affect generalized and particularized trust? 

      Holden, Stein T.; Tilahun, Mesfin (CLTS Working paper;8/19, Working paper, 2019)
      We study how social preferences and norms of reciprocity are related to generalized and particularized trust among members of youth business groups in northern Ethiopia. Members of these groups are recruited among land-poor ...
    • How WEIRD are student samples? Lessons based on the trust game in Malawi 

      Holden, Stein T.; Tione, Sarah; Tilahun, Mesfin; Katengeza, Samson (CLTS Working paper;06/23, Working paper, 2023-11)
      We have used the standard trust game on a random sample of university students (N=764) and a random sample of rural residents (N=834) in Malawi. The study identifies social preference types (Bauer, Chytilov´a, & Pertold-Gebicka, ...
    • Land rental as a complementary income source for land-poor youth 

      Holden, Stein T.; Tilahun, Mesfin (CLTS Working paper;6/18, Working paper, 2018)
      Continued high population growth in already densely populated rural areas in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa makes it harder for youth to choose agriculture as their main source of income. We investigate whether near landless ...
    • Om tillit i Malawi: Atferd i tillitsspill i 18 Malaviske landsbyer i 2007 

      Tomas Moe, Skjølsvold; Erling, Berge; Sverre, Bjørnstad; Henrik, Wiig (CLTS Working paper;01/22, Working paper, 2022)
      This paper originates from a series of “trust games” performed in Malawi during the summer of 2007. The results from the games are interpreted as pure stylized cases of a social dilemma. Some dilemmas, such as the prisoner’s ...
    • Religion, beliefs, trust, and COVID vaccination behavior among rural people in Malawi 

      Holden, Stein T.; Tione, Sarah; Tilahun, Mesfin; Katengeza, Samson (CLTS Working paper;04/23, Working paper, 2023-01)
      This study investigates the religious and other beliefs related to the corona/COVID-19 pandemic and how they are related to covid risk perceptions, trust in COVID vaccines, and how these are affected by the religious ...