Alvin Roth to the rescue, the polity that is Singapore
Singapore has launched a dating platform, the latest social-engineering experiment by the city-state’s government to tackle its fast-declining fertility rate. The initiative, known as FirstDate, opened under a pilot scheme this month for public sector employees aged 21-35 and uses a Nobel Economics Prize-winning matchmaking algorithm. An additional tool suggests date activities and allows users…
Singapore has introduced a dating platform, FirstDate, in an effort to combat its rapidly aging population. The app, piloted for public sector employees aged 21-35, employs a Nobel Prize-winning matchmaking algorithm. Users receive one match at a time and can rate their date experiences. FirstDate emerged from a government hackathon, aiming to increase potential matches and address Singapore's declining fertility rate.
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