The Performance of School Assignment Mechanisms in Practice
| Autor: | Monique de Haan, Pieter A. Gautier, Hessel Oosterbeek, Bas van der Klaauw |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Tinbergen Institute, Economics |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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Economics and Econometrics Polymers and Plastics jel:C83 Business and International Management Boston mechanism deferred acceptance mechanism ex-ante efficiency ex-post efficiency school choice strategic behavior Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering jel:I20 school choice Boston mechanism deferred acceptance mechanism strategic behavior ex-ante efficiency ex-post efficiency |
| Zdroj: | De Haan, M, Gautier, P A, Oosterbeek, H & van der Klaauw, B 2023, ' The Performance of School Assignment Mechanisms in Practice ', Journal of Political Economy, vol. 131, no. 2, pp. 388-455 . https://doi.org/10.1086/721230 Journal of Political Economy, 131(2), 388-455. University of Chicago |
| ISSN: | 0022-3808 |
| DOI: | 10.1086/721230 |
| Popis: | Theory points to a potential trade-off between two main school assignment mechanisms; Boston and Deferred Acceptance (DA). While DA is strategy-proof and gives a stable matching, Boston might outperform DA in terms of ex-ante efficiency. We quantify the (dis)advantages of the mechanisms by using information about actual choices under Boston complemented with survey data eliciting students' school preferences. We find that under Boston around 8% of the students apply to another school than their most-preferred school. We compare allocations resulting from Boston with DA with single tie-breaking (one central lottery; DA-STB) and multiple tie-breaking (separate lottery per school; DA-MTB). DA-STB places more students in their top-n schools, for any n, than Boston and results in higher average welfare. We find a trade-off between DA-STB and DA-MTB. DA-STB places more students in their single most-preferred school than DA-MTB, but fewer in their top-n, for n >= 2. Finally, students from disadvantaged backgrounds benefit most from a switch from Boston to any of the DA mechanisms. |
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