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Telling the Truth May Not Pay Off : An Empirical Study of Centralised University Admissions in Germany
Braun, Sebastian; Dwenger, Nadja; Kübler, Dorothea - 2021
We investigate the matching algorithm used by the German central clearinghouse for university admissions (ZVS) in … criteria applied for admission they all make use of priority matching. In priority matching schemes, it is not a dominant … applicants, we are able to detect some amount of strategic behaviour which can lead to inefficient matching. Alternative ways to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324860
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Heterogeneity in Spousal Matching Models
Fletcher, Jason M. - 2015
An important paper by Chiappori et al. (2012) has proposed an elegant and parsimonious model of spousal matching over …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013024927
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Taxation in Matching Markets
Dupuy, Arnaud - 2020
We analyze the effects of taxation in two-sided matching markets where agents have heterogeneous preferences over … potential partners. Our model provides a continuous link between models of matching with and without transfers. Taxes generate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012831957
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The Empirical Content of Marital Surplus in Matching Models
Doorley, Karina - 2018
well-being and separation. We first estimate the marital surplus using a simple matching model of the marriage market with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012910735
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Stable Marriage, Household Consumption and Unobserved Match Quality
Browning, Martin; Cherchye, Laurens; Demuynck, Thomas; … - 2022
We present a methodology for the structural empirical analysis of house- hold consumption and time use behaviour under marital stability. Our approach is of the revealed preference type and non-parametric, meaning that it does not require a prior functional specification of individual utilities....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014087463
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Telling the Truth May Not Pay Off: An Empirical Studyof Centralised University Admissions in Germany
Braun, Sebastian; Dwenger, Nadja; Kübler, Dorothea - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
We investigate the matching algorithm used by the German central clearinghouse foruniversity admissions (ZVS) in … criteria applied for admission they all make use of prioritymatching. In priority matching schemes, it is not a dominant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860493
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Equilibrium Search and the Impact of Equal Opportunities for Women
Coles, Melvyn G. - 2017
economic activity and matching …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012954027
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Symbolism Matters : The Effect of Same-Sex Marriage Legalization on Partnership Stability
Chen, Shuai - 2019
We study the effect of marriage on the stability of formal partnerships exploiting same-sex marriage legalization in … the Netherlands as a natural experiment. Same-sex marriage legalization allowed registered partnerships to be transformed … into marriage. Since registered partnerships and marriages are similar in terms of rights and obligations we can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012864859
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Search Frictions, Competing Mechanisms and Optimal Market Segmentation
Cai, Xiaoming - 2016
In a market in which sellers compete for heterogeneous buyers by posting mechanisms, we analyze how the properties of the meeting technology affect the allocation of buyers to sellers. We show that a separate submarket for each type of buyer is the efficient outcome if and only if meetings are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012990861
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Meeting Technologies and Optimal Trading Mechanisms in Competitive Search Markets
Lester, Benjamin R. - 2015
In a market in which sellers compete by posting mechanisms, we study how the properties of the meeting technology affect the mechanism that sellers select. In general, sellers have incentive to use mechanisms that are socially efficient. In our environment, sellers achieve this by posting an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013033038