The Consequences of Academic Match between Students and Colleges / Eleanor Wiske Dillon, Jeffrey A. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dillon, Eleanor Wiske.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Smith, Jeffrey A.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w25069.

NBER working paper series no. w25069

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2018.

Summary:

We consider the effects of student ability, college quality, and the interaction between the two on academic outcomes and earnings using data on two cohorts of college enrollees. Student ability and college quality strongly improve degree completion and earnings for all students. We find evidence of meaningful complementarity between student ability and college quality in degree completion at four years and long-term earnings, but not in degree completion at six years or STEM degree completion. This complementarity implies some tradeoff between equity and efficiency for policies that move lower ability students to higher quality colleges.

Notes:

Print version record

September 2018.