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  Implementing Quotas in University Admissions: An Experimental Analysis

Dwenger, N., Braun, S., Kübler, D., & Westkamp, A. (2011). Implementing Quotas in University Admissions: An Experimental Analysis. Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, 2011-22.

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Dwenger, Nadja1, Author           
Braun, Sebastian2, Author
Kübler, Dorothea2, Author
Westkamp, Alexander2, Author
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1Public Economics, MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance, Max Planck Society, ou_830552              
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Free keywords: College admissions, experiment, quotas, matching, Gale-Shapley mechanism, Boston mechanism
 Abstract: Quotas 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.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2011-12-28
 Publication Status: Published online
 Pages: 45
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Title: Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance
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