Inequalities in Student to Course Match: Evidence from Linked Administrative Data. CEP Discussion Paper No. 1647
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| Title: | Inequalities in Student to Course Match: Evidence from Linked Administrative Data. CEP Discussion Paper No. 1647 |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Campbell, Stuart, Macmillan, Lindsey, Murphy, Richard, Wyness, Gill, London School of Economics and Political Science (United Kingdom), Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) |
| Source: | Centre for Economic Performance. 2019. |
| Availability: | Centre for Economic Performance. London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE, UK. Tel: +44-20-7955-7673; Fax: +44-20-7404-0612; e-mail: cep.info@lse.ac.uk; Web site: http://cep.lse.ac.uk |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 47 |
| Publication Date: | 2019 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | Nuffield Foundation (United Kingdom) |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Student College Relationship, Educational Attainment, Socioeconomic Status, Gender Differences, College Choice, Course Selection (Students), Education Work Relationship, Income, Foreign Countries, College Students |
| Geographic Terms: | United Kingdom |
| ISSN: | 2042-2695 |
| Abstract: | This paper examines inequalities in the match between student quality and university quality using linked administrative data from schools, universities and tax authorities. We analyse two measures of match at the university-subject (course) level, based on student academic attainment, and graduate earnings. We find that students from lower socio-economic groups systematically undermatch for both measures across the distribution of attainment, with particularly stark socio-economic gaps for the most undermatched. While there are negligible gender gaps in academic match, high-attaining women systematically undermatch in terms of expected earnings, largely driven by subject choice. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2020 |
| Accession Number: | ED602929 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This paper examines inequalities in the match between student quality and university quality using linked administrative data from schools, universities and tax authorities. We analyse two measures of match at the university-subject (course) level, based on student academic attainment, and graduate earnings. We find that students from lower socio-economic groups systematically undermatch for both measures across the distribution of attainment, with particularly stark socio-economic gaps for the most undermatched. While there are negligible gender gaps in academic match, high-attaining women systematically undermatch in terms of expected earnings, largely driven by subject choice. |
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| ISSN: | 2042-2695 |
