Akkaya, Ekrem Mercedes-Benz, Turkey , Mumcu, Ayşe Boğaziçi University - Department of Economics, Turkey

Student Placement Problems: An Application to the ERASMUS Exchange Program

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The purpose of this paper is to offer guidelines for student placement mechanisms used in exchange programs which belong to the class of problems that deals with matching students with seats in schools. By considering the case of the mechanism applied at Boğaziçi University in placing outgoing students as a part of the ERASMUS program, the paper discusses a set of characteristics that a placement mechanism is intended to satisfy. The study also proposes policy recommendations, and shows how the current system can be improved by simulating actual data of the 2009-2010 exchange market for outgoing Boğaziçi University students. The paper ultimately aims to introduce a methodology that can be profitably used in designing mechanisms applicable to all exchange programs.

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school choice , resource allocation , efficiency.

Bogazici Journal

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