Fair School Placement

Jose Alcalde and Antonio Romero-Medina ()
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Antonio Romero-Medina: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Departamento de Economía, Postal: Departament of Economics , Universidad Carlos III de Madrid , 28903 Getafe (Madrid) , Spain
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No 11-1, QM&ET Working Papers from University of Alicante, D. Quantitative Methods and Economic Theory

Abstract: This paper introduces tau-fairness as a compromise solution reconciling Pareto efficiency and equity in School Choice Problems. We show that, by considering a weak notion of equity that we refer to as lambda-equity, it is possible to contribute positively to solve an open debate, originated by the efficiency-equity trade-off of the schooling problem. We also suggest a slight modification to some allocative procedures recently introduced in the United States to compute tau-fair allocations and provide support for this (possible) reformulation.

Keywords: School Choice Problem; Fair Matching (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C78 D63 I28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2011-10-18
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