Implementing quotas in university admissions: an experimental analysis

Braun, Sebastian; Dwenger, Nadja; Kübler, Dorothea; Westkamp, Alexander

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dc.contributor.author	Braun, Sebastian	de
dc.contributor.author	Dwenger, Nadja	de
dc.contributor.author	Kübler, Dorothea	de
dc.contributor.author	Westkamp, Alexander	de
dc.date.accessioned	2016-02-25T08:28:47Z
dc.date.available	2016-02-25T08:28:47Z
dc.date.issued	2012	de
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/46251
dc.description.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. (author's abstract)	en
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Bildung und Erziehung	de
dc.subject.ddc	Education	en
dc.subject.other	Gale-Shapley Mechanismus; Boston-Mechanismus; Shapley-Wert	de
dc.title	Implementing quotas in university admissions: an experimental analysis	de
dc.description.review	begutachtet	de
dc.description.review	reviewed	en
dc.source.volume	SP II 2012-201	de
dc.publisher.country	DEU
dc.publisher.city	Berlin	de
dc.source.series	Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Forschungsschwerpunkt Markt und Entscheidung, Abteilung Verhalten auf Märkten
dc.subject.classoz	Makroebene des Bildungswesens	de
dc.subject.classoz	Macroanalysis of the Education System, Economics of Education, Educational Policy	en
dc.subject.classoz	Bildungswesen tertiärer Bereich	de
dc.subject.classoz	University Education	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Experiment	de
dc.subject.thesoz	experiment	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Quote	de
dc.subject.thesoz	quota	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Abstimmung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	voting	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Hochschule	de
dc.subject.thesoz	university	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Studienfach	de
dc.subject.thesoz	subject of study	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Regulierung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	regulation	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Student	de
dc.subject.thesoz	student	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Angebot	de
dc.subject.thesoz	supply	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Nachfrage	de
dc.subject.thesoz	demand	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Hochschulzugang	de
dc.subject.thesoz	university admission	en
dc.rights.licence	Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung	de
dc.rights.licence	Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications	en
ssoar.contributor.institution	WZB	de
internal.status	formal und inhaltlich fertig erschlossen	de
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dc.type.stock	monograph	de
dc.type.document	Arbeitspapier	de
dc.type.document	working paper	en
dc.source.pageinfo	45	de
internal.identifier.classoz	10603
internal.identifier.classoz	10610
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dc.contributor.corporateeditor	Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH
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dc.description.pubstatus	Veröffentlichungsversion	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Published Version	en
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internal.identifier.series	961
dc.subject.classhort	10600	de
dc.identifier.handle	https://hdl.handle.net/10419/55225
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