Question

Consider the following school choice problem: there are three students (Dot, Edgar, and Freya) and three schools (Central, North, and West). Central and North have capacities of one student each, and West has a capacity of three students. The students' preference lists are as follows:

Dot: Central, North, West, Dot

Edgar: North, Central, West, Edgar

Freya: Central, North, West, Freya

The schools' priority rankings are as follows:

Central: Edgar, Freya, Dot

North: Dot, Edgar, Freya

West: Freya, Dot, Edgar

Which of the following assignments is efficient?

North:Edgar, West:Dot and Freya

Central:Edgar, North:Dot, West:Freya

Central:Freya, West:Dot and Edgar

Central:Edgar, North:Freya, West:Dot

Central:Freya, North:Dot, West:Edgar

Answer 1

Answer:

The following assignment is efficient :

Central:Edgar, North:Dot, West:Freya

As the rank of preferences are different for students and universities we will choose the combination which will be more efficient