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Accountability and Flexibility in Public Schools: Evidence from Boston's Charters and Pilots 0 0 0 83 0 0 4 389
Addressing Non-Financial Barriers to College Access and Success: Evidence and Policy Implications 0 0 3 36 0 0 10 73
An Economist's Perspective on Student Loans in the United States 0 0 2 153 1 1 16 469
Are Expectations Alone Enough? Estimating the Effect of a Mandatory College-Prep Curriculum in Michigan 0 0 0 8 0 0 1 20
Are Expectations Alone Enough? Estimating the Effect of a Mandatory College-Prep Curriculum in Michigan 0 0 0 17 0 0 1 27
Building the Stock of College-Educated Labor 0 0 0 3 2 3 3 34
Building the Stock of College-Educated Labor 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 143
Building the Stock of College-Educated Labor 0 0 0 93 0 0 0 409
Cheaper By the Dozen: Using Sibling Discounts at Catholic Schools to Estimate the Price Elasticity of Private School Attendance 0 0 0 36 0 0 2 257
Cheaper by the Dozen: Using Sibling Discounts at Catholic Schools to Estimate the Price Elasticity of Private School Attendance 0 0 1 42 0 2 6 233
Closing the Gap: The Effect of a Targeted, Tuition-Free Promise on College Choices of High-Achieving, Low-Income Students 1 1 5 158 1 4 25 475
College Costs, Financial Aid, and Student Decisions 0 1 5 17 1 3 19 56
College Grants on a Postcard: A Proposal for Simple and Predictable Federal Student Aid 0 0 0 40 0 0 1 212
Complexity and Targeting in Federal Student Aid: A Quantitative Analysis 0 0 0 50 0 0 1 177
Complexity and Targeting in Federal Student Aid: A Quantitative Analysis 0 0 1 81 1 3 5 300
Designed to Fail: Effects of the Default Option and Information Complexity on Student Loan Repayment 0 0 0 115 0 1 4 48
Designed to Fail: Effects of the Default Option and Information Complexity on Student Loan Repayment 0 0 0 41 0 0 3 127
Does Aid Matter? Measuring the Effect of Student Aid on College Attendance and Completion 0 0 2 143 1 1 8 472
Does Aid Matter? Measuring the Effect of Student Aid on College Attendance and Completion 0 0 0 703 0 1 6 2,774
Dual-Credit Courses and the Road to College: Experimental Evidence from Tennessee 1 1 2 48 1 1 6 101
Estimating the Effects of a Large For-Profit Charter School Operator 0 0 0 66 1 1 5 54
Experimental Evidence on the Effect of Childhood Investments on Postsecondary Attainment and Degree Completion 0 0 1 40 0 0 5 178
Financial Aid Policy: Lessons from Research 0 0 2 85 0 0 10 300
Gains and Gaps: Changing Inequality in U.S. College Entry and Completion 0 0 3 158 4 8 46 787
Hope for Whom? Financial Aid for the Middle Class and Its Impact on College Attendance 0 0 1 588 1 1 3 3,689
How Important Are Fixed Effects and Time Trends in Estimating Returns to Schooling? Evidence from a Replication of Jacobson, Lalonde and Sullivan, 2005 0 0 0 17 0 0 1 37
Into College, Out of Poverty? Policies to Increase the Postsecondary Attainment of the Poor 0 0 1 148 1 4 15 545
Lottery-Based Evaluations of Early Education Programs: Opportunities and Challenges for Building the Next Generation of Evidence 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 12
Reflections on the US College Loans System: Lessons from Australia and England 0 0 0 9 0 1 4 66
Reflections on the US College Loans System: Lessons from Australia and England 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 63
Reflections on the US College Loans System: Lessons from Australia and EnglandAbstract: There is wide agreement the US student loan system faces significant problems. Seven million borrowers are in default and many more experience non-repayment. The stress of repayments faced by many students results at least in part from the design of US student loans. Specifically, loans are organised like a mortgage, with fixed monthly repayments over a fixed period of time, creating a high repayment burden on borrowers with low income. This paper draws on the experience of the income-contingent loan (ICL) systems operating in England and Australia, in which monthly repayments are related to the borrower's monthly income. By design, those systems explicitly include insurance against problems of repayment during periods of low income. We discuss the design of this type of loan in detail since such an exercise seems to be largely absent in the US literature. Drawing on data from the US Current Population Survey (CPS) we provide two main empirical contributions. - A stylised illustration of the revenue and distributional implications of different hypothetical ICL arrangements for the USA; and - An illustration of repayment problems faced by low-earning borrowers in the US loan system, including a plausible example of adverse outcomes in the Stafford loan. Importantly, we compare repayment burdens under the existing and alternative systems. Our illustrations show how US mortgage-style loans can create financial difficulties for a significant minority of US borrowers, difficulties which a well-designed ICL has significant potential to address 0 0 0 63 0 0 5 498
Simplifying Tax Incentives and Aid for College: Progress and Prospects 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 61
Stand and Deliver: Effects of Boston's Charter High School on College Preparation, Entry, and Choice 0 0 1 22 0 0 3 156
Stand and Deliver: Effects of Boston's Charter High Schools on College Preparation, Entry, and Choice 0 0 0 76 0 2 4 299
Student Aid Simplification: Looking Back and Looking Ahead 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 96
Tax Benefits for College Attendance 0 0 0 22 0 1 4 84
Tax Policy and Education Policy: Collision or Coordination? A Case Study of 529 and Coverdell Savings Vehicles 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 47
Tax Policy and Education Policy: Collision or Coordination? A Case Study of the 529 and Coverdell Saving Incentives 0 0 0 72 0 0 0 262
The Consequences of Merit Aid 0 0 0 195 1 1 8 735
The Consequences of Merit Aid 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 111
The Cost of Complexity in Federal Student Aid: Lessons from Optimal Tax Theory and Behavioral Economics 0 0 0 39 0 1 2 163
The Cost of Complexity in Federal Student Aid: Lessons from Optimal Tax Theory and Behavioral Economics 0 0 2 196 1 5 7 703
The Gap within the Gap: Using Longitudinal Data to Understand Income Differences in Student Achievement 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 20
The Gap within the Gap: Using Longitudinal Data to Understand Income Differences in Student Achievement 0 0 0 29 1 2 2 87
The Lengthening of Childhood 0 0 1 75 0 0 3 366
The Missing Manual: Using National Student Clearinghouse Data to Track Postsecondary Outcomes 0 0 0 25 0 1 1 91
The New Merit Aid 0 0 0 273 1 2 2 684
The Power of Certainty: Experimental Evidence on the Effective Design of Free Tuition Programs 1 1 5 32 1 2 10 53
The US college loans system: lessons from Australia and England 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 30
The lengthening of childhood 0 0 1 69 0 0 7 263
Who Benefits from KIPP? 0 0 0 162 1 1 2 658
Who Benefits from KIPP? 0 0 0 71 2 2 5 268
Who Benefits from the Education Saving Incentive? Income, Educational Expectations and the Value of the 529 and Coverdell 0 0 0 17 0 0 2 85
Who Benefits from the Education Saving Incentives? Income, Educational Expectations, and the Value of the 529 and Coverdell 0 0 1 71 0 0 1 313
Total Working Papers 4 5 41 4,593 24 57 285 18,660


Journal Article File Downloads Abstract Views
Last month 3 months 12 months Total Last month 3 months 12 months Total
Accountability and Flexibility in Public Schools: Evidence from Boston's Charters And Pilots 0 0 1 75 0 1 12 526
Building the Stock of College-Educated Labor 0 0 0 73 1 1 5 387
Can Families Smooth Variable Earnings? 0 0 1 116 0 2 7 337
Closing the Gap: The Effect of Reducing Complexity and Uncertainty in College Pricing on the Choices of Low-Income Students 1 3 9 192 2 9 29 439
Designed to fail: Effects of the default option and information complexity on student loan repayment 0 0 3 9 2 5 19 64
Does Aid Matter? Measuring the Effect of Student Aid on College Attendance and Completion 0 1 8 668 0 8 51 2,073
Dual‐Credit Courses and the Road to College: Experimental Evidence from Tennessee 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 18
Experimental Evidence on the Effect of Childhood Investments on Postsecondary Attainment and Degree Completion 0 0 0 9 0 2 6 64
Hope for Whom? Financial Aid for the Middle Class and Its Impact on College Attendance 0 0 1 22 2 5 18 126
How important are fixed effects and time trends in estimating returns to schooling? Evidence from a replication of Jacobson, Lalonde, and Sullivan, 2005 0 0 2 10 0 2 7 51
Inputs and Impacts in Charter Schools: KIPP Lynn 0 0 3 83 0 1 15 436
Simplifying Tax Incentives and Aid for College: Progress and Prospects 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 50
Stand and Deliver: Effects of Boston's Charter High Schools on College Preparation, Entry, and Choice 0 4 7 94 0 4 23 555
Student Aid Simplification: Looking Back and Looking Ahead 0 0 1 33 0 1 4 124
The Behavioral and Distributional Implications of Aid for College 0 0 2 239 0 0 6 681
The Cost of Complexity in Federal Student Aid: Lessons From Optimal Tax Theory and Behavioral Economics 0 0 1 115 0 4 15 424
The Lengthening of Childhood 0 0 0 42 2 2 25 627
The Power of Certainty: Experimental Evidence on the Effective Design of Free Tuition Programs 1 2 4 9 4 6 13 25
The US college loans system: Lessons from Australia and England 0 0 2 25 1 1 11 124
Who Benefits From the Education Saving Incentives? Income, Educational Expectations and the Value of the 529 and Coverdell 0 0 0 19 0 2 7 93
Who Benefits from KIPP? 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 337
Total Journal Articles 2 10 45 1,836 15 61 288 7,561


Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
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College Aid 0 0 1 33 1 1 6 119
Complexity and Targeting in Federal Student Aid: A Quantitative Analysis 0 0 1 35 0 1 4 158
Simplifying Tax Incentives and Aid for College: Progress and Prospects 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 62
Tax Policy and Education Policy: Collision or Coordination? A Case Study of the 529 and Coverdell Saving Incentives 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 42
The New Merit Aid 0 0 1 123 1 1 8 348
Total Chapters 0 0 3 203 2 3 20 729


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