Trust and Reciprocity towards Different Genders: An Experimental Analysis of Trust Games

This paper uses an experimental design in order to explore the differences in trusting behaviour and reciprocity towards men and women in the Netherlands, using the trust game introduced by Berg et al. in 1995. When analyzing the results of several ttests, Fisher’s exact tests and Mann-Whitney U tests, we find no evidence of significant differences in trusting behaviour towards men and women, nor do we find any proof of significant reciprocity differences towards men and women. Even though the differences were not significant, differences did present themselves. This leads to the conclusion that further research should be conducted, which could present significant results on the matter.