The American economic review, 2003-06, Vol.93 (3), p.729-747
2003
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- School choice: a mechanism design approach
- Ist Teil von
- The American economic review, 2003-06, Vol.93 (3), p.729-747
- Ort / Verlag
- Nashville: American Economic Association
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2003
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- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- 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.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0002-8282eISSN: 1944-7981DOI: 10.1257/000282803322157061Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_38483935
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Access to education, Allokation, 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, Public schools, School choice, School districts, School superintendents, Schools, Schule, Student assignments, Students, Studies, Theorie, USA