Inequalities do not end once students enter higher education. Yet, the majority of papers on the effectiveness of education aid examine its impact on college enrolment. In this paper, we provide evidence on the causal impact of means-tested financial aid on the outcomes of students who have...

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...

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...