School choice: a mechanism design approach

A central issue in school choice is the design of a student assignment mechanism. Education literature provides guidance for the design of such mechanisms but does not offer specific mechanisms. The flaws in the existing school choice plans result in appeals by unsatisfied parents. We formulate the...

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Vydáno v:The American economic review Ročník 93; číslo 3; s. 729 - 747
Hlavní autoři: Abdulkadiroglu, Atila, Soenmez, Tayfun
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Nashville American Economic Association 01.06.2003
Témata:
Access to education
Allokation
Alternative approaches
Bildungsverhalten
Class size
College admission
College admissions
College students
Decision making
Economic models
Economic research
Economic theory
Economics
Economics of education
Education policy
Educational research
Lotteries
Mechanism design
Metropolitan areas
Parents & parenting
Pareto efficiency
Pareto optimum
Public schools
School choice
School districts
School superintendents
Schools
Schule
Student assignments
Students
Studies
Theorie
USA
United States > US
ISSN:0002-8282, 1944-7981
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Shrnutí:A central issue in school choice is the design of a student assignment mechanism. Education literature provides guidance for the design of such mechanisms but does not offer specific mechanisms. The flaws in the existing school choice plans result in appeals by unsatisfied parents. We formulate the school choice problem as a mechanism design problem and analyze some of the existing school choice plans including those in Boston, Columbus, Minneapolis, and Seattle. We show that these existing plans have serious shortcomings, and offer two alternative mechanisms each of which may provide a practical solution to some critical school choice issues.
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ISSN:0002-8282
1944-7981
DOI:10.1257/000282803322157061