NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES THE CONSEQUENCES OF ACADEMIC MATCH BETWEEN STUDENTS AND COLLEGES
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES THE CONSEQUENCES OF ACADEMIC MATCH BETWEEN STUDENTS AND COLLEGES
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2018
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E. Dillon;Jeffrey A. Smith
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E. Dillon;Jeffrey A. Smith
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. Eleanor Wiske Dillon Department of Economics Amherst College 306 Converse Hall Amherst, MA 01002 edillon@amherst.edu Jeffrey A. Smith Department of Economics University of Wisconsin 1180 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706-1393 and IZA and also NBER econjeff@ssc.wisc.edu