Determinants of the Match between Student Ability and College Quality
研究了不同能力的学生如何进入不同质量的大学，发现学生申请和入学决策而非大学录取决策是导致能力与质量不匹配的主要原因，财务约束、信息和公立大学选择通过影响大学质量而非匹配本身来影响这一过程。
We examine how students of varying abilities sort (and are sorted) into colleges of varying qualities. Our data indicate substantial amounts of both academic undermatch (high-ability students at low-quality colleges) and academic overmatch (low-ability students at high-quality colleges). Student application and enrollment decisions, rather than college admission decisions, drive most deviations from academic assortative matching. Financial constraints, information, and the public college options facing students all affect this sorting, but mainly via college quality rather than the match between ability and quality. More informed students attend higher-quality colleges, even when doing so involves overmatching.