Organised under the umbrella of the ESF Exploratory Workshops Scheme
Dates and Venue
Dates: 15 - 17 November 2012
Venue: Bellaterra, Spain
Keywords
matching mechanisms; market design; entry-level professional labour markets; student admissions; kidney exchange
Summary
For most commodities, agents choose what they want at the prices they see. But many other markets are more complicated; you cannot simply choose what you want, even if you can afford it; you also have to be chosen. Examples of such “matching markets” abound: the placement of students at universities, the matching schemes used in entry-level professional labour markets, etc. These matching markets often experience failures and inefficiencies. Using a multi-disciplinary approach, we aim to provide practical solutions. We expect that the research projects resulting from the workshop will lead to clear policy implications at the national/European level.
Contacts: Convenor
- Dr.FlipKlijnE-Mail
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasInstitute for Economic AnalysisBellaterraSpain
ESF Contact
- Ms.CélineOttenwelterE-Mail
- Administrator
ESF provides the scientific, administrative and technical secretariat for COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology).