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. …

such that, in contrast to previous studies, matching incentives induce crowding in of out-of-pocket donations; (ii) that …

than the rich and in contrast to previous studies, we hypothesize that matching incentives induce crowding in of out … crucially depends on the targeted groups, and that donation matching is successful in stimulating participation in poorer …