{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Missing Middle \u2013 How Market Design Gets Built for the Public Sector | with Thilo Klein","description":"In this episode, we speak with Thilo Klein about daycare allocation in Germany \u2013 a problem that is still mostly run by uncoordinated offers, even though it is well understood in matching theory. The gap isn't theory; it's the missing layer that turns academic mechanisms into systems municipalities can actually run. Thilo Klein traces how that layer is now being built \u2013 through years of research, an open-source experiment that taught hard lessons, and a spin-out. A conversation about market design where it lands. &amp;nbsp; Thilo Klein is Professor of Quantitative Economics at Pforzheim Business School and a senior researcher at ZEW \u2013 Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research. He is also the co-founder of MatchingTools, a company that develops software for real-world matching problems, including KitaMatch, a platform for daycare allocation. Learn more at https:\/\/matchingtools.de. &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Game Changer - the game theory podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/tws-gamechanger.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/41276230\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/201902045"}