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Accountability and Flexibility in Public Schools: Evidence from Boston's Charters and Pilots 0 0 0 83 5 9 18 406
Addressing Non-Financial Barriers to College Access and Success: Evidence and Policy Implications 0 0 2 38 1 8 27 99
An Economist's Perspective on Student Loans in the United States 1 2 2 155 10 16 28 493
Are Expectations Alone Enough? Estimating the Effect of a Mandatory College-Prep Curriculum in Michigan 0 0 0 8 2 2 5 25
Are Expectations Alone Enough? Estimating the Effect of a Mandatory College-Prep Curriculum in Michigan 0 0 0 17 2 2 6 33
Building the Stock of College-Educated Labor 0 0 0 3 2 2 14 45
Building the Stock of College-Educated Labor 0 1 1 23 2 4 11 154
Building the Stock of College-Educated Labor 0 0 0 93 2 6 20 429
Cheaper By the Dozen: Using Sibling Discounts at Catholic Schools to Estimate the Price Elasticity of Private School Attendance 0 0 0 36 1 2 10 266
Cheaper by the Dozen: Using Sibling Discounts at Catholic Schools to Estimate the Price Elasticity of Private School Attendance 0 0 1 42 8 9 16 245
Closing the Gap: The Effect of a Targeted, Tuition-Free Promise on College Choices of High-Achieving, Low-Income Students 1 3 5 162 2 9 37 506
College Costs, Financial Aid, and Student Decisions 0 0 1 17 5 7 22 73
College Grants on a Postcard: A Proposal for Simple and Predictable Federal Student Aid 0 0 0 40 0 0 4 215
Complexity and Targeting in Federal Student Aid: A Quantitative Analysis 0 0 0 81 1 1 9 306
Complexity and Targeting in Federal Student Aid: A Quantitative Analysis 0 0 0 50 4 6 11 187
Designed to Fail: Effects of the Default Option and Information Complexity on Student Loan Repayment 0 0 0 41 4 15 22 149
Designed to Fail: Effects of the Default Option and Information Complexity on Student Loan Repayment 0 0 0 115 5 6 14 60
Does Aid Matter? Measuring the Effect of Student Aid on College Attendance and Completion 0 1 1 704 6 13 36 2,809
Does Aid Matter? Measuring the Effect of Student Aid on College Attendance and Completion 0 0 0 143 1 2 19 490
Dual-Credit Courses and the Road to College: Experimental Evidence from Tennessee 0 1 3 49 4 6 14 113
Estimating the Effects of a Large For-Profit Charter School Operator 0 0 0 66 1 2 10 62
Experimental Evidence on the Effect of Childhood Investments on Postsecondary Attainment and Degree Completion 0 0 0 40 3 8 13 191
Financial Aid Policy: Lessons from Research 0 0 0 85 0 5 11 311
Gains and Gaps: Changing Inequality in U.S. College Entry and Completion 0 0 2 160 7 11 45 820
Hope for Whom? Financial Aid for the Middle Class and Its Impact on College Attendance 0 1 2 589 5 14 26 3,713
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 2 4 8 45
Into College, Out of Poverty? Policies to Increase the Postsecondary Attainment of the Poor 1 2 4 152 9 30 59 597
Lottery-Based Evaluations of Early Education Programs: Opportunities and Challenges for Building the Next Generation of Evidence 0 0 1 2 1 1 7 18
Reflections on the US College Loans System: Lessons from Australia and England 0 0 0 16 2 2 5 68
Reflections on the US College Loans System: Lessons from Australia and England 0 0 0 9 0 1 6 70
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 2 3 66 3 6 15 512
Simplifying Tax Incentives and Aid for College: Progress and Prospects 0 0 0 19 3 3 7 68
Stand and Deliver: Effects of Boston's Charter High School on College Preparation, Entry, and Choice 0 0 1 22 1 3 11 166
Stand and Deliver: Effects of Boston's Charter High Schools on College Preparation, Entry, and Choice 0 0 0 76 0 4 13 310
Student Aid Simplification: Looking Back and Looking Ahead 0 0 0 14 2 7 13 109
Tax Benefits for College Attendance 0 0 0 22 1 4 12 95
Tax Policy and Education Policy: Collision or Coordination? A Case Study of 529 and Coverdell Savings Vehicles 0 0 0 9 4 4 5 52
Tax Policy and Education Policy: Collision or Coordination? A Case Study of the 529 and Coverdell Saving Incentives 0 0 0 72 0 1 7 269
The Consequences of Merit Aid 0 0 0 195 2 8 17 751
The Consequences of Merit Aid 0 0 0 16 2 3 6 117
The Cost of Complexity in Federal Student Aid: Lessons from Optimal Tax Theory and Behavioral Economics 0 1 3 197 3 8 25 721
The Cost of Complexity in Federal Student Aid: Lessons from Optimal Tax Theory and Behavioral Economics 0 1 2 41 6 7 12 174
The Gap within the Gap: Using Longitudinal Data to Understand Income Differences in Student Achievement 0 0 0 29 3 4 11 96
The Gap within the Gap: Using Longitudinal Data to Understand Income Differences in Student Achievement 0 0 0 4 1 1 3 23
The Lengthening of Childhood 0 0 0 75 1 3 19 385
The Missing Manual: Using National Student Clearinghouse Data to Track Postsecondary Outcomes 0 0 0 25 2 3 11 101
The New Merit Aid 0 0 0 273 2 6 12 694
The Power of Certainty: Experimental Evidence on the Effective Design of Free Tuition Programs 0 0 2 33 1 4 13 64
The US college loans system: lessons from Australia and England 0 0 0 4 0 3 12 40
The lengthening of childhood 0 0 1 69 2 5 16 275
Who Benefits from KIPP? 0 0 0 71 3 6 15 281
Who Benefits from KIPP? 0 0 0 162 2 6 20 677
Who Benefits from the Education Saving Incentive? Income, Educational Expectations and the Value of the 529 and Coverdell 1 1 1 18 2 3 6 90
Who Benefits from the Education Saving Incentives? Income, Educational Expectations, and the Value of the 529 and Coverdell 0 0 0 71 1 7 12 325
Total Working Papers 4 16 38 4,619 144 312 826 19,393


Journal Article File Downloads Abstract Views
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Accountability and Flexibility in Public Schools: Evidence from Boston's Charters And Pilots 0 0 0 75 5 6 19 540
Building the Stock of College-Educated Labor 0 1 1 74 3 6 17 402
Can Families Smooth Variable Earnings? 0 0 0 116 1 2 9 343
Closing the Gap: The Effect of Reducing Complexity and Uncertainty in College Pricing on the Choices of Low-Income Students 1 2 9 197 3 5 37 461
Designed to fail: Effects of the default option and information complexity on student loan repayment 0 0 0 9 5 8 28 84
Does Aid Matter? Measuring the Effect of Student Aid on College Attendance and Completion 0 2 4 670 6 15 50 2,111
Dual‐Credit Courses and the Road to College: Experimental Evidence from Tennessee 0 0 0 0 2 4 10 27
Experimental Evidence on the Effect of Childhood Investments on Postsecondary Attainment and Degree Completion 0 0 0 9 2 4 16 78
Hope for Whom? Financial Aid for the Middle Class and Its Impact on College Attendance 0 0 2 23 1 3 18 137
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 10 1 4 12 60
Inputs and Impacts in Charter Schools: KIPP Lynn 0 1 5 87 1 4 19 450
Simplifying Tax Incentives and Aid for College: Progress and Prospects 0 0 0 3 4 5 10 60
Stand and Deliver: Effects of Boston's Charter High Schools on College Preparation, Entry, and Choice 0 1 7 97 10 13 37 585
Student Aid Simplification: Looking Back and Looking Ahead 0 0 0 33 2 4 10 133
The Behavioral and Distributional Implications of Aid for College 0 0 0 239 1 1 10 689
The Cost of Complexity in Federal Student Aid: Lessons From Optimal Tax Theory and Behavioral Economics 0 0 0 115 1 6 29 447
The Lengthening of Childhood 0 0 0 42 2 5 24 644
The Power of Certainty: Experimental Evidence on the Effective Design of Free Tuition Programs 0 0 4 11 0 3 24 42
The US college loans system: Lessons from Australia and England 0 0 0 25 7 8 19 140
Who Benefits From the Education Saving Incentives? Income, Educational Expectations and the Value of the 529 and Coverdell 1 1 1 20 2 2 8 99
Who Benefits from KIPP? 0 0 0 0 7 10 22 355
Total Journal Articles 2 8 33 1,855 66 118 428 7,887


Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
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College Aid 0 0 2 35 4 9 23 139
Complexity and Targeting in Federal Student Aid: A Quantitative Analysis 0 0 0 35 2 8 18 175
Simplifying Tax Incentives and Aid for College: Progress and Prospects 0 0 0 7 1 2 7 68
Tax Policy and Education Policy: Collision or Coordination? A Case Study of the 529 and Coverdell Saving Incentives 0 0 0 5 2 3 5 47
The New Merit Aid 1 1 2 124 5 12 25 370
Total Chapters 1 1 4 206 14 34 78 799


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