Fair student placement

Jose Alcalde and Antonio Romero-Medina ()
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Antonio Romero-Medina: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
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Theory and Decision, 2017, vol. 83, issue 2, No 7, 293-307

Abstract: Abstract We revisit the concept of fairness in the Student Placement framework. We declare an allocation as $$\upalpha $$ α -equitable if no agent can propose an alternative allocation that nobody else might argue to be inequitable. It turns out that $$\upalpha $$ α -equity is compatible with efficiency. Our analysis fills a gap in the literature by giving normative support to the allocations improving, in terms of efficiency, the Student Optimal Stable allocation.

Keywords: Student placement; Fair matching (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/s11238-017-9598-8

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