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Accommodating various policy goals in matching with constraints

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  • Yuichiro Kamada

    (University of California, Berkeley)

  • Fuhito Kojima

    (Stanford University)

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Distributional constraints are common features in many real matching markets, such as medical residency matching, school admissions, and teacher assignment. We present a model of matching with constraints that accommodates a wide variety of policy goals and apply that model to the setting of Kamada and Kojima (Am Econ Rev 105(1):67–99, 2015). We also formalize a number of other policy goals to show that they are subsumed by our model. We prove several comparative statics results such as showing that a mechanism we propose is a Pareto improvement for doctors upon the constrained medical matching mechanism currently used in Japan.

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  • Yuichiro Kamada & Fuhito Kojima, 2020. "Accommodating various policy goals in matching with constraints," The Japanese Economic Review, Springer, vol. 71(1), pages 101-133, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jecrev:v:71:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1007_s42973-019-00002-1
    DOI: 10.1007/s42973-019-00002-1
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    Matching; Distributional constraints; Rawls; Stability; Strategy-proofness; Comparative statics;
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    • C70 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - General
    • D47 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Market Design
    • D61 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement

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