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What could be a dynamical centralized college admission system in Russia

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  • Kalinin, N.

    (Guangdong Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, China)

  • Kuz'mina, A.

    (Yandex, Moscow, Russia
    HSE University, Saint Petersburg, Russia)

Abstract

University admission process in Russia was quite risky for college entrants in 2021-2022. Many participants could not be sure that they are admitted to a program until the very end of admission process. In this policy paper, we describe a dynamic version of the Gale-Shapley algorithm and study its rate of convergence. The proposed model of admission system imposes no risks on participants after they compose a preference list of universities. So, participants can decide where to submit their applications relying on their true preferences. Each participant may be sure that she/he will be proposed a place in a particular university before the other participants with lower grades. For a practical realisation the rate of convergence of an admission algorithm is very important. We provide analysis of a modelling of the proposed algorithm on a synthetic data and discuss what may be the problem cases in real life implementation and how to guarantee faster convergence in these cases.

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  • Kalinin, N. & Kuz'mina, A., 2024. "What could be a dynamical centralized college admission system in Russia," Journal of the New Economic Association, New Economic Association, vol. 62(1), pages 101-115.
    • Handle: RePEc:nea:journl:y:2024:i:62:p:101-115
    DOI: 10.31737/22212264_2024_1_101-115
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    Keywords

    education; university admission; Gale-Shapley algorithm; mechanism design;
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    JEL classification:

    • C78 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Bargaining Theory; Matching Theory
    • D71 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations
    • D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design

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