Fair School Placement

• José Alcalde Pérez ^[1] ; Antonio Romero Medina ^[2]
  1. [1] Universitat d'Alacant

     Universitat d'Alacant

     Alicante, España

     
  2. [2] Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

     Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

     Madrid, España

     
• Localización: Working papers = Documentos de trabajo: Serie AD, Nº. 22, 2011, págs. 1-35
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This paper introduces τ-fairness as a compromise solution reconciling Pareto efficiency and equity in School Choice Problems. We show that, by considering a weak notion of equity that we refer to as λ-equity, it is possible to contribute positively to solve an open debate, originated by the efficiency-equity trade-off of the schooling problem. We also suggest a slight modification to some allocative procedures recently introduced in the United States to compute τ-fair allocations and provide support for this (possible) reformulation.