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dc.contributor.authorBraun, Sebastianen
dc.contributor.authorDwenger, Nadjaen
dc.contributor.authorKübler, Dorotheaen
dc.contributor.authorWestkamp, Alexanderen
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-08-
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-10T14:21:19Z-
dc.date.available2012-02-10T14:21:19Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/55225-
dc.description.abstractQuotas for special groups of students often apply in school or university admission procedures. This paper studies the performance of two mechanisms to implement such quotas in a lab experiment. The first mechanism is a simplified version of the mechanism currently employed by the German central clearinghouse for university admissions, which first allocates seats in the quota for top-grade students before allocating all other seats among remaining applicants. The second is a modified version of the student-proposing deferred acceptance (SDA) algorithm, which simultaneously allocates seats in all quotas. Our main result is that the current procedure, designed to give top-grade students an advantage, actually harms them, as students often fail to grasp the strategic issues involved. The modified SDA algorithm significantly improves the matching for top-grade students and could thus be a valuable tool for redesigning university admissions in Germany.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aWissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) |cBerlinen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWZB Discussion Paper |xSP II 2012-201en
dc.subject.jelC78en
dc.subject.jelC92en
dc.subject.jelD78en
dc.subject.jelI20en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordcollege admissionsen
dc.subject.keywordexperimenten
dc.subject.keywordquotasen
dc.subject.keywordmatchingen
dc.subject.keywordGale-Shapley mechanismen
dc.subject.keywordBoston mechanismen
dc.subject.stwHochschuleen
dc.subject.stwStudienfachen
dc.subject.stwAngeboten
dc.subject.stwQuotenregulierungen
dc.subject.stwStudierendeen
dc.subject.stwNachfrageen
dc.subject.stwMatchingen
dc.subject.stwShapley-Werten
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleImplementing quotas in university admissions: An experimental analysis-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn684938618en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:wzbmbh:SPII2012201en

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