The College Choice Problem with Priorities

Alexandra Litsa and Jean-François Maguet
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Alexandra Litsa: University of Caen Basse-Normandie - CREM UMR CNRS 6211
Jean-François Maguet: University of Caen Basse-Normandie - CREM UMR CNRS 6211

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Abstract: In traditional school choice theory, the assignment mechanisms of students to schools suppose preferences for students and priorities for schools. In this paper, interested in the admission of students to colleges, we assume that all agents have priorities over the members of the opposite side. By considering that students have priorities over colleges, we reduce the incoherence and unfairness of assignments in order to respect the best possible students' educational needs.

Keywords: Matching; Preference; Priority; Coherence; Fairness; Mechanism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C78 D03 D47 D63 I20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-12
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