Essays on admission policies in education and the labor market
- Autores: Pau Balart Castro
- Directores de la Tesis: Caterina Calsamiglia (dir. tes.)
- Lectura: En la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ( España ) en 2011
- Idioma: inglés
- Tribunal Calificador de la Tesis: Antonio Cabrales Goitia (presid.), Matthias Dahm (secret.), José Apesteguia (voc.)
- Materias:
- Enlaces
- Tesis en acceso abierto en: TESEO
- Resumen
The competition for resources and positions is a frequent and relevant process in our society. Candidates' success is strongly determined by the rules that govern such processes. An admission policy is the criteria used to allocate resources or positions (jobs, grants, academic vacancies, health care, etc.) to individuals. The design of an admission policy is generally focused on eliciting the best candidate. However, it can also be committed to other considerations such as fairness, accessibility, merit, information disclosure, equity or efficiency, among others. For instance, job promotions are designated to incentivize workers' effort, while the allocation of seats at colleges is often concerned with diversity. We use different game theoretical frameworks to understand the economic implications of admission policy design in important contexts such as education and labor.
The first chapter discusses the public policy design of access to college and its effects on inequality.
We explore the effects of reducing the cost of attending university and relate it with some observed trends in the US. The other two chapters are focused in the implications for individuals' incentives of including social justice concerns in the design of an admission policy in competitive environments.
