Comparative advantage and preferences in college admissions in Turkey

Tolga Yuret; M. Kadir Dogan

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.04.016

Comparative advantage and preferences in college admissions in Turkey

Tolga Yuret^*, M. Kadir Dogan

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Department of Economics

Ankara University

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Abstract

Each year, approximately 2 million students compete for 200 thousand seats in Turkish colleges. The central authority takes students' preferences and test scores into account and place students to the limited seats of majors in the colleges. Balinski and Sönmez (1999) note that the algorithm used in this process is college optimal and propose a student optimal algorithm to overcome some deficiencies. We use 2005 data-set and show that both algorithms generate almost the same results. This reveals the simple truth in student preferences: the students want to be in majors where their comparative advantages lay.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1862-1865
Number of pages	4
Journal	Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
Volume	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.04.016
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	3rd World Conference on Educational Sciences, WCES-2011 - Istanbul, Turkey Duration: 3 Feb 2011 → 7 Feb 2011

Keywords

College admissions
Placement algorithms

UN SDGs

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Comparative advantage and preferences in college admissions in Turkey

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