Frictional Matching: Evidence from Law School Admission

We measure friction in the matching of students and law schools as the number of unnecessary student applications and school admissions that have to be undertaken per actual matriculation. We show that friction increases with student and school attractiveness, but decreases for top schools and students. We discuss connections with the literature on frictional matching.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Courty, Pascal ; Pagliero, Mario
Institutions:	Collegio Carlo Alberto, Università degli Studi di Torino
Subject:	college admission \| frictional matching \| assortative matching \| student portfolio \| school standard

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Carlo Alberto Notebooks.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number 113 17 pages
Classification:	D02 - Institutions: Design, Formation, and Operations ; C78 - Bargaining Theory; Matching Theory
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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