TY  - BOOK
AU  - Campbell,Stuart
AU  - Macmillan,Lindsey
AU  - Murphy,Richard
AU  - Wyness,Gillian
ED  - National Bureau of Economic Research.
TI  - Matching in the Dark? Inequalities in student to degree match
T2  - NBER working paper series
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - National Bureau of Economic Research
N1  - September 2021; Hardcopy version available to institutional subscribers
N2  - This paper examines inequalities in the match between student and degree quality using linked administrative data from schools, universities and tax authorities. We analyse two measures of match at the university-subject level: undergraduate enrollment qualifications, and graduate earnings. We find for both that disadvantaged students match to lower quality degrees across the entire distribution of achievement, in a setting with uniform fees and a generous financial aid system. While there are negligible gender gaps in academic match, high-attaining women systematically undermatch in terms of expected earnings, driven by subject choice. These inequalities in match are largest among the most undermatched
UR  - https://www.nber.org/papers/w29215
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w29215
ER  -