Wastefulness in sequential school choice with public and private schools

Tommy Andersson, Umut Dur, Sinan Ertemel and Onur Kesten

Economics Letters, 2025, vol. 247, issue C

Abstract: Using data from the Swedish municipality of Botkyrka, this paper quantifies the trade-off between non-wastefulness and truthfulness in sequential admission systems for public and private schools. The results show that minimizing seat waste while preserving truthfulness is possible by restricting first-round applications to either private or public schools, depending on which type of school that is expected to have fewer applicants. These findings offer practical insights for improving the efficiency of real-world sequential school admission systems.

Keywords: Market design; Sequential school choice; Truthful SPNE; Non-wastefulness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C71 C78 D47 D71 D78 D82 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2024.112141

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