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Fair and Efficient Student Placement with Couples

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dc.creator Klaus, Bettina
dc.creator Klijn, Flip
dc.date 2007-11-05T10:56:39Z
dc.date 2007-11-05T10:56:39Z
dc.date 2006-03-01
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T00:57:53Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T00:57:53Z
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/1793
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/1793
dc.description Trabajo publicado como artículo en International Journal of Game Theory 36(2): 177-207 (2007):-- Open Access.-- http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00182-006-0059-9
dc.description We study situations of allocating positions to students based on priorities. An example is the assignment of medical students to hospital residencies on the basis of entrance exams. For markets without couples, e.g., for undergraduate student placement, acyclicity is a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of a fair and efficient placement mechanism (Ergin, 2002). We show that in the presence of couples acyclicity is still necessary, but not sufficient. A second necessary condition is priority-togetherness of couples. A priority structure that satisfies both necessary conditions is called pt-acyclic. For student placement problems where all quotas are equal to one we characterize ptacyclicity and show that it is a sufficient condition for the existence of a fair and efficient placement mechanism. If in addition to pt-acyclicity we require reallocation- and vacancyfairness for couples, the so-called dictator-bidictator placement mechanism is the unique fair and efficient placement mechanism. Finally, for general student placement problems, we show that pt-acyclicity may not be sufficient for the existence of a fair and efficient placement mechanism. We identify a sufficient condition such that the so-called sequential placement mechanism produces a fair and efficient allocation.
dc.language eng
dc.relation UFAE and IAE Working Papers
dc.relation 616.04
dc.rights openAccess
dc.subject Student placement
dc.subject Fairness
dc.subject Couples
dc.subject Acyclical priority structuress
dc.title Fair and Efficient Student Placement with Couples
dc.type Documento de trabajo


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