Seminar Vol. 213
Title: Centralized College Matching Mechanisms, Stability, and Student Welfare
Speaker: Yang Song, Colgate University
Time: April 17th, 2020 09:30-11:00
About the speaker:
Yang Song is an assistant professor of economics at Colgate University. Her research focuses on education, development, and behavioral economics, and has been published in Journal of Comparative Economics, Research in Economics, and China Economic Review. Using empirical and experimental methods, her current work centers on understanding the effects of education inputs and policies, as well as how to improve educational equity, work efficiency, and learning outcomes. Song earned her B.A. in international economics and trade from the Renmin University of China and her M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pittsburgh.
Abstract:
This paper estimates the causal effects of matching mechanism on stability and student welfare, exploiting temporal and provincial variations in the college matching mechanisms in China. Individual-level data on the Chinese College Entrance Exams (CEEs) and admission outcomes allow us to construct precise measures of stability under reasonable assumptions of student preferences. We find that changing from the Immediate Acceptance mechanism to the Chinese parallel mechanism reduces both dichotomous and continuous measures of justifiable-envy, shortens the distance to stable matching outcomes, and reduces the proportion of students who face severe consequences from the matching outcomes.
Interested in this webinar? Please contact Feiyan at feiyantang@jnu.edu.cn, or scan the QR code bellow to register by April 16th (12pm local time). The webinar will be held via Zoom.
