matching process. Under this assumption, a centralized matching market can often outperform a decentralized one. Using a quasi-experiment … students to learn about universities and accepting a university that turns out to be inferior causes regret. We discuss and …

In a lab experiment, we analyze the benefits of increasing competition on auction platforms hosting multiple … auctioneers of a homogeneous good. We find that increasing competition by merging separated individual auctions increases market …

This paper evaluates the effects of a high school curriculum reform on students ́probability to enroll at university … requirements. Based on administrative data covering all students, the empirical analysis is carried out by applying a difference …

study for a cohort of students in Germany. Using detailed survey data, and employing an instrumental variable strategy based … on variation in the local field of study availability, we provide evidence that students who are not enrolled in their … impact on dropout is particularly strong among students of low socio-economic status and is driven by lower academic …

them. Through a pre-registered and theory-guided laboratory experiment, we provide evidence that such reciprocal …

enrollment of disadvantaged students by 32%. But the intended beneficiaries were nearly three times as many, and of higher … average ability, than those induced to be admitted. The evidence points to students making pre-college choices that caused … this divergence. Using linked survey-administrative data, we present evidence consistent with students being averse to …

Students participating in centralized admissions procedures do not typically have access to the information used to … determine their matched school, such as other students' preferences or school priorities. This can lead to doubts about whether … popular applications, we show how these problems can be addressed by providing appropriate feedback to students, even without …