Matching for the Israeli “ Mechinot ” Gap Year : Handling Rich Diversity Requirements

We describe our experience with designing and running a matching market for the Israeli “Mechinot” gap-year programs. The main conceptual challenge in the design of this market was the rich set of diversity considerations. This market was run for the first time in January 2018 and matched 1,607 candidates (out of a total of 2,580 candidates) to 35 different programs.