This paper sheds some light on the link between participation to voluntary associations and trusting strangers. Through a traditional trust game, I examine participants' behaviour in the light of their involvement in different types of voluntary associations. This involvement is measured as...

The economic literature has discussed the links between trust and gender, and trust and social capital. Given that some empirical evidence shows also that gender and trust are somehow related and specifically women tend to trust less than men, I try to investigate the effect of social capital on...

This paper analyzes the contribution of youth's different time allocations to positive behaviours in exchanges. In particular the psychological literature states that spending time within youth voluntary organizations fosters positive development of the young more than hanging out with friends....