M.A. Thesis Defense: Umutcan Salman (Economics)

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Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Master of Arts Thesis Defense of  Umutcan Salman (Economics).

AFFIRMATIVE ACTIONS UNDER THE BOSTON MECHANISM

Thesis Jury:

• Asst. Prof.  Mustafa Oğuz Afacan (Thesis advisor)
  
• Asst. Prof. Mehmet Barlo 
• Asst. Prof. Sadettin Haluk Çitçi (Gebze Teknik University, Economics)

Date & Time : June 15, 2016 & 13:30

Place: Sabancı University

We consider three popular affirmative action policies in school choice: quota-based, priority-based, and reserve-based affirmative actions. The Boston mechanism (BM) is responsive to the latter two policies in that a stronger priority-based or reserve-based affirmative action makes some minority student better off. However, a stronger quota-based affirmative action may yield a Pareto inferior outcome for the minority under the BM. These positive results disappear once we look for a stronger welfare consequence on the minority or focus on BM equilibrium outcomes.

Keywords: Matching theory, school choice, boston mechanism, affirmative action, minority, welfare.