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Affirmative action and school choice
Author(s) -
Alcalde José,
Subiza Begoña
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of economic theory
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1742-7363
pISSN - 1742-7355
DOI - 10.1111/ijet.12038
Subject(s) - affirmative action , school choice , action (physics) , mathematical economics , microeconomics , economics , adaptation (eye) , social choice theory , computer science , political science , law , psychology , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , market economy
This paper studies a way of introducing affirmative action in the school choice problem to implement integration policies. The paper proposes the use of a natural two‐step mechanism. The (equitable) first step is introduced as an adaptation of the deferred‐acceptance algorithm designed by Gale and Shapley, when students are divided into two groups. The (efficient) second step captures the idea of exchanging places inherent to Gale's top trading cycle.