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De Groote, Olivier
and Rho, Minyoung
(2024)
Matching disadvantaged children to day care: Evidence from a centralized platform.
TSE Working Paper, n. 24-1600, Toulouse
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Abstract
We use data from a platform that centralizes a day care matching process. We estimate parents’ preferences and nursery priorities by analyzing parents’ rank-ordered lists and nurseries’ acceptance decisions. We account for strategic behavior by using a novel estimation approach inspired by the dynamic discrete choice framework. We use the estimates to evaluate centralized matching policies tailored to the day care setting. We compare mechanisms and assess the effects of subsidies, increased capacity, and affirmative action. We find that affirmative action policies are crucial for boosting the participation of disadvantaged children, though they increase segregation due to location-based preferences.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Working Paper) |
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| Language: | English |
| Date: | December 2024 |
| Place of Publication: | Toulouse |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | day care, affirmative action, segregation, centralized matching markets, CCP estimation |
| JEL Classification: | C61 - Optimization Techniques; Programming Models; Dynamic Analysis D82 - Asymmetric and Private Information |
| Subjects: | B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE |
| Divisions: | TSE-R (Toulouse) |
| Institution: | Université Toulouse Capitole |
| Site: | UT1 |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Dec 2024 08:45 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Dec 2024 13:42 |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:tse-fr.eu:129960 |
| URI: | https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/49915 |
