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School choice: a mechanism design approach

dc.contributor.coauthorAbdulkadiroglu, Atila
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Economics
dc.contributor.kuauthorSönmez, Tayfun
dc.contributor.schoolcollegeinstituteCollege of Administrative Sciences and Economics
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-09T22:53:26Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.description.abstractA central issue in school choice is the design of a student assignment mechanism. Education literature provides guidance for the design of such mechanisms but does not offer specific mechanisms. The flaws in the existing school choice plans result in appeals by unsatisfied parents. We formulate the school choice problem as a mechanism design problem and analyze some of the existing school choice plans including those in Boston, Columbus, Minneapolis, and Seattle. We show that these existing plans have serious shortcomings, and offer two alternative mechanisms each of which may provide a practical solution to some critical school choice issues.
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dc.description.issue3
dc.description.openaccessYES
dc.description.publisherscopeInternational
dc.description.sponsoredbyTubitakEuN/A
dc.description.volume93
dc.identifier.doi10.1257/000282803322157061
dc.identifier.issn0002-8282
dc.identifier.quartileQ1
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-2942709850
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1257/000282803322157061
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14288/7180
dc.identifier.wos183799900012
dc.keywordsHouse allocation problems
dc.keywordsIndivisible goods
dc.keywordsGame-theory
dc.keywordsMarket
dc.keywordsVouchers
dc.keywordsAuction
dc.keywordsPrivate
dc.keywordsAssignment
dc.keywordsAlgorithm
dc.keywordsEconomics
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAmerican Economic Association (AEA)
dc.relation.ispartofAmerican Economic Review
dc.subjectEconomics
dc.titleSchool choice: a mechanism design approach
dc.typeJournal Article
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