Speeding Up Deferred Acceptance

We introduce the accelerated deferred acceptance algorithm that proceeds in a similar manner to deferred acceptance but with sure-to-be rejected proposals ruled out. Our algorithm outputs the same stable matching as DA but does so more efficiently.

# 7    Gregory Gutin, Daniel Karapetyan, Phillip R Neary, Alexander Vickery & Anders Yeo

How do I compare to my classmates? Ordinal rank, peer gender & gender role attitudes

This paper investigates whether the gender composition of ordinal rankings - the observation that a large number of girls (boys) are outperforming me — influences student's attitudes about gender roles.

# 6    Alexander Vickery, Gloria Moroni

The Choices & Outcomes of LGB Students in Higher Education

Very little is known about the experiences of LGBTQI+ students in post-18 education. In this paper we explore the choice of subject, university, and degree outcomes using administrative data from the UK.

# 5    Alexander Vickery, Jefferson Frank

Intimate Partner Violence & Children's Human Capital

One in three women have experienced violence from an intimate partner during their lifetime. In this paper we investigate the spillover effects of intimate partner violence on the human capital of young children that are living in the same household.

# 4    Alexander Vickery, Gloria Moroni & Dan Anderberg

Changes in Ethnic Marital Sorting: Evidence from the UK

Marriages between ethnic-minority immigrants & natives are seen as a key measure of integration. In this paper I analyse changes in ethnic marital sorting & disentangle the effects of preferences & population supplies in determining sorting patterns.

# 3    Alexander Vickery

Reaching for the SKY: Parental Investments in Academic Skills and Competition for University Places

In this paper I study how heterogeneity in household income & child skills affects parents' decisions to invest in private education for their child, & how these choices contribute to inequality in university admissions.

# 2    Alexander Vickery    (Submitted)

The Role of Own-Group Density and Local Social Norms for Ethnic Marital Sorting: Evidence from the UK

We exploit the post-war immigration-induced regional variation in ethnic composition among British-born individuals to study inter-ethnic marriages in the UK. We make predictions for more recent cohorts whose marital choices are still to be completed.

# 1    Dan Anderberg, Alexander Vickery   European Economic Review