The Mechanism Design Approach to Student Assignment
Posted: 31 Aug 2011
Date Written: September 2011
Abstract
The mechanism design approach to student assignment involves the theoretical, empirical, and experimental study of systems used to allocate students into schools around the world. Recent practical experience designing systems for student assignment has raised new theoretical questions for the theory of matching and assignment. This article reviews some of this recent literature, highlighting how issues from the field motivated theoretical developments and emphasizing how the dialogue may be a road map for other areas of applied mechanism design. Finally, it concludes with some open questions.
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Pathak, Parag A., The Mechanism Design Approach to Student Assignment (September 2011). Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 3, pp. 513-536, 2011, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1920095 or http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-economics-061109-080213
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