Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/245442 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 9261
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
higher education
educational economics
college choice
mismatch
undermatch
JEL: 
I23
I24
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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