We document experimentally how biased self-assessments affect the outcome of matching markets. In the experiments, we …, or to wait for the assortative matching based on their actual relative performance. Early offers are accepted more often …

The paper surveys the experimental literature on matching markets. It covers house allocation, school choice, and two …-sided matching markets such as college admissions. The main focus of the survey is on truth-telling and strategic manipulations by … the agents, on the stability and efficiency of the matching outcome, as well as on the distribution of utility. …

The matching literature commonly rules out that market design itself shapes agent preferences. Underlying this premise … matching process. Under this assumption, a centralized matching market can often outperform a decentralized one. Using a quasi …

childs ability. -- Education saving ; search ; learning ; intertemporal consumption ; real option ; dynamic panel …