eprintid: 10136578 rev_number: 13 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/13/65/78 datestamp: 2021-10-25 14:16:09 lastmod: 2021-12-26 07:10:22 status_changed: 2021-10-25 14:16:09 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Wyness, G creators_name: Murphy, R title: What is the nature and extent of student–university mismatch? ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B16 divisions: B14 divisions: J82 divisions: KC6 note: This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. abstract: A growing body of research has begun to examine the match between student ability and university quality. Initial research focused on overmatch—where students are lower attaining than their college peers. However, more recently, attention has turned to undermatch, where students attend institutions with lower attaining peers. Both have been shown to matter for student outcomes; while in theory overmatch could be desirable, there is evidence that overmatched students are less likely to graduate college. Undermatched students, meanwhile, have been shown to experience lower graduate earnings. date: 2020-06 publisher: Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH official_url: https://doi.org/10.15185/izawol.477 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1894243 doi: 10.15185/izawol.477 lyricists_name: Wyness, Gillian lyricists_id: GWYNE77 actors_name: Wyness, Gillian actors_id: GWYNE77 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: IZA World of Labor volume: 477 pagerange: 1-10 citation: Wyness, G; Murphy, R; (2020) What is the nature and extent of student–university mismatch? IZA World of Labor , 477 pp. 1-10. 10.15185/izawol.477 <https://doi.org/10.15185/izawol.477>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10136578/1/what-is-the-nature-and-extent-of-student-university-mismatch.pdf