Calendrier du 01 juin 2017
Du 01/06/2017 de 13:00 à 14:00
Salle R1-09, Nouveau Bâtiment, Campus Jourdan, 48 boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris
NEILSON Christophe NEILSON (Princeton)
The Impact of Terrorism on Labor Supply and Well-Being: Evidence from the Boston Marathon Bombing
Travail et économie publique externe
Du 01/06/2017 de 13:00 à 14:30
Salle R1-09, Campus Jourdan, 48 boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris
NEILSON Christophe NEILSON (Princeton)
Heterogenous Beliefs and School Choice Mechanisms
Abstract : This paper studies how welfare outcomes in centralized school choice depend on the assignment mechanism when participants are not fully informed. Using a survey of school choice participants in a strategic setting, we show that beliefs about admissions chances differ from rational expectations values and predict choice behavior. To quantify the welfare costs of belief errors, we estimate a model of school choice that incorporates subjective beliefs. We evaluate the equilibrium effects of switching to a strategy-proof deferred acceptance algorithm, and of improving households' belief accuracy. Allowing for belief errors reverses the welfare comparison to favor the deferred acceptance algorithm.
PEPES (Paris Empirical Political Economics) Working Group
Du 01/06/2017 de 12:30 à 14:00
Sc Po - TBD
KUZIEMKO ILYANA ()
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Behavior seminar
Du 01/06/2017 de 12:00 à 13:00
Salle R2-01, Nouveau Bâtiment, Campus Jourdan, 48 boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris
RENOU Ludovic (QMUL) *;
La séance est annulée
Behavior Working Group
Du 01/06/2017 de 11:00 à 11:45
DORIN Camille ()
Socio-economic status and redistribution behavior: an experiment