Assigning Refugees to Landlords in Sweden: Efficient, Stable, and Maximum Matchings

B-Tier
Journal: Scandanavian Journal of Economics
Year: 2020
Volume: 122
Issue: 3
Pages: 937-965

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the problem of finding housing for refugees once they have been granted asylum. In particular, we demonstrate that market design can play an important role in a partial solution to the problem. More specifically, we investigate a specific matching system, and we propose an easy‐to‐implement mechanism that finds an efficient, stable, and maximum matching. Such a matching guarantees that housing is efficiently provided to a maximum number of refugees, and that no refugee prefers another specific landlord to their current match when, at the same time, that specific landlord prefers that refugee to their own current match.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:bla:scandj:v:122:y:2020:i:3:p:937-965
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-24