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On the (im)possibility of improving upon the student-proposing deferred acceptance mechanism
Kesten, Onur; Kurino, Morimitsu - 2012
This paper studies a general school choice problem with or without outside options. The Gale-Shapley student-proposing deferred acceptance mechanism (DA) has played a central role not only in theory but also in important practical applications. We show that in problems where some students cannot...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009566572
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Strategy-proof tie-breaking in matching with priorities
Ehlers, Lars H.; Westkamp, Alexander - In: Theoretical economics : TE ; an open access journal in … 13 (2018) 3, pp. 1009-1042
-proof mechanism that is constrained efficient, i.e. that always produces a stable matching that is not Pareto-dominated by another … stable matching. We characterize all solvable priority structures satisfying the following two restrictions: (A) Either there …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011937252
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Wage cyclicality and the wage curve under the microscope
Ludsteck, Johannes - 2008
werden. -- wage setting ; hiring standards ; wage rigidity ; wage curve ; matching ; censoring …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003873943
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Does bargaining matter in the small firm's matching model?
L'Haridon, Olivier; Malherbet, Franck; Pérez-Duarte, … - 2011
's matching model of unemployment. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first attempt to implement and systematically compare … these solutions in search-matching economies. Our results are twofold. First from the theoretical and methodological … viewpoint, we extend a somewhat flexible search-matching economy to alternative bargaining solutions. In particular, we prove …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009238027
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Trading networks with frictions
Fleiner, Tamás; Jagadeesan, Ravi; Jankó, Zsuzsanna; … - 2020
We show how frictions and continuous transfers jointly affect equilibria in a model of matching in trading networks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012212204
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Diversifying society's leaders? : the causal effects of admission to highly selective private colleges
Chetty, Raj; Deming, David J.; Friedman, John N - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014470737
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Sheepskin or Prozac : the causal effect of education on mental health
Chevalier, Arnaud (contributor); Feinstein, Leon (contributor) - 2006
Mental illness is associated with large costs to individuals and society. Education improves various health outcomes but little work has been done on mental illness. To obtain unbiased estimates of the effect of education on mental health, we rely on a rich longitudinal dataset that contains...
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Shaping performance : do international accreditations and quality management really help?
Nigsch, Stefano; Schenker-Wicki, Andreas - 2012
In recent years, international accreditations from private providers have gained importance among business schools all over the world. Higher education managers increasingly see these accreditations as a way of assuring and developing quality in order to comply with international standards,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009751934
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Rising to the occasion? : youth political knowledge and the voting age
Rosenqvist, Olof - 2016
Voting is a fundamental human right. Yet, individuals that are younger than 18 do typically not have this right since they are considered uninformed. However, recent evidence tentatively suggests that the political knowledge of youths is endogenous to the voting age. I test for the existence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011453778
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Understanding the mechanisms through which an influential early childhood program boosted adult outcomes
Heckman, James J.; Pinto, Rodrigo; Savelyev, Peter - 2012
A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children have substantial impacts on later life outcomes. Little is known about the mechanisms producing these impacts. This paper uses longitudinal data on cognitive and personality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009675522