An Experimental Evaluation of Deferred Acceptance: Evidence From Over 100 Army Officer Labor Markets
延迟接受算法的实验评估:来自逾百个军官劳动力市场的证据
Internal labor markets are increasingly important for matching workers to jobs within organizations. We present evidence from a randomized trial that compares matching workers to jobs using the deferred acceptance (DA) algorithm to the traditional manager‐directed matching process. Our setting is the U.S. Army's internal labor market, which matches over 14,000 officers to units annually. We find that DA reduces administrative burden and increases match quality as measured by…