Title:
Matching between students and universities: What are the sources of inequalities of access to higher education?
Authors:
Ilya Prakhov & Denis Sergienko
Published:
European Journal of Education, volume 55, issue 1, March 2020.
Available: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ejed.12389
From the abstract:
It is assumed that a perfect balance between student academic achievement and the quality of the university they attend is beneficial both for students and higher education institutions (HEIs). Matching theory predicts the existence of perfect match between the two groups in the absence of transaction costs associated with university enrolment. However, in this study we show cases of mismatch situations in Russia under the Unified State Exam—the standardised student admission mechanism.