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Despite the close relationship to the topic of social mobility, empirical analyses of university-to-work transitions – in particular in the perspective of skill mismatch – while acknowledging the gender perspective, generally disregard the influence of social origin. One reason may be, once again, the lack of longitudinal information, which makes it difficult to carry out in-depth analyses of the effect of social origin. The Almalaurea data archive (together with the Consorzio Stella) is the only source of data specifically aimed at recording labor market outcomes of university graduates. The survey provides valuable information on labor market careers after completing a university degree (as well as data on individual and family characteristics), but it does not provide sufficiently analytical information to study the skill mismatch. In addition, there are no data sources aimed at recording information on the same issues for university drop-outs.