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Accountability and Flexibility in Public Schools: Evidence from Boston's Charters and Pilots 0 0 0 83 0 1 5 389
Addressing Non-Financial Barriers to College Access and Success: Evidence and Policy Implications 0 0 3 36 0 1 10 73
An Economist's Perspective on Student Loans in the United States 0 0 3 153 0 3 19 468
Are Expectations Alone Enough? Estimating the Effect of a Mandatory College-Prep Curriculum in Michigan 0 0 0 17 0 0 1 27
Are Expectations Alone Enough? Estimating the Effect of a Mandatory College-Prep Curriculum in Michigan 0 0 0 8 0 0 1 20
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 3 1 1 1 32
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 1 2 257
Cheaper by the Dozen: Using Sibling Discounts at Catholic Schools to Estimate the Price Elasticity of Private School Attendance 0 1 1 42 2 4 8 233
Closing the Gap: The Effect of a Targeted, Tuition-Free Promise on College Choices of High-Achieving, Low-Income Students 0 0 4 157 2 4 23 473
College Costs, Financial Aid, and Student Decisions 0 0 7 16 0 2 19 53
College Grants on a Postcard: A Proposal for Simple and Predictable Federal Student Aid 0 0 0 40 0 1 1 212
Complexity and Targeting in Federal Student Aid: A Quantitative Analysis 0 0 0 50 0 1 1 177
Complexity and Targeting in Federal Student Aid: A Quantitative Analysis 0 0 1 81 1 1 3 298
Designed to Fail: Effects of the Default Option and Information Complexity on Student Loan Repayment 0 0 0 41 0 0 3 127
Designed to Fail: Effects of the Default Option and Information Complexity on Student Loan Repayment 0 0 0 115 1 2 4 48
Does Aid Matter? Measuring the Effect of Student Aid on College Attendance and Completion 0 0 2 143 0 0 7 471
Does Aid Matter? Measuring the Effect of Student Aid on College Attendance and Completion 0 0 0 703 0 0 5 2,773
Dual-Credit Courses and the Road to College: Experimental Evidence from Tennessee 0 1 1 47 0 1 5 100
Estimating the Effects of a Large For-Profit Charter School Operator 0 0 0 66 0 1 6 53
Experimental Evidence on the Effect of Childhood Investments on Postsecondary Attainment and Degree Completion 0 0 1 40 0 0 6 178
Financial Aid Policy: Lessons from Research 0 0 2 85 0 0 15 300
Gains and Gaps: Changing Inequality in U.S. College Entry and Completion 0 0 3 158 2 6 52 781
Hope for Whom? Financial Aid for the Middle Class and Its Impact on College Attendance 0 1 1 588 0 1 2 3,688
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 2 148 2 5 14 543
Lottery-Based Evaluations of Early Education Programs: Opportunities and Challenges for Building the Next Generation of Evidence 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 11
Reflections on the US College Loans System: Lessons from Australia and England 0 0 1 16 0 0 1 63
Reflections on the US College Loans System: Lessons from Australia and England 0 0 0 9 1 2 5 66
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 1 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 1 1 22 0 1 4 156
Stand and Deliver: Effects of Boston's Charter High Schools on College Preparation, Entry, and Choice 0 0 0 76 1 1 3 298
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 0 4 83
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 0 0 7 734
The Consequences of Merit Aid 0 0 0 16 0 0 1 111
The Cost of Complexity in Federal Student Aid: Lessons from Optimal Tax Theory and Behavioral Economics 0 0 0 39 0 0 1 162
The Cost of Complexity in Federal Student Aid: Lessons from Optimal Tax Theory and Behavioral Economics 0 2 2 196 1 3 3 699
The Gap within the Gap: Using Longitudinal Data to Understand Income Differences in Student Achievement 0 0 0 29 1 1 1 86
The Gap within the Gap: Using Longitudinal Data to Understand Income Differences in Student Achievement 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 20
The Lengthening of Childhood 0 0 2 75 0 0 4 366
The Missing Manual: Using National Student Clearinghouse Data to Track Postsecondary Outcomes 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 90
The New Merit Aid 0 0 0 273 1 1 2 683
The Power of Certainty: Experimental Evidence on the Effective Design of Free Tuition Programs 0 0 5 31 1 1 11 52
The US college loans system: lessons from Australia and England 0 0 1 4 0 1 3 29
The lengthening of childhood 0 1 1 69 0 4 7 263
Who Benefits from KIPP? 0 0 0 162 0 0 1 657
Who Benefits from KIPP? 0 0 0 71 0 0 4 266
Who Benefits from the Education Saving Incentive? Income, Educational Expectations and the Value of the 529 and Coverdell 0 0 0 17 0 1 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 0 7 45 4,588 17 53 289 18,620


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 3 75 1 5 15 526
Building the Stock of College-Educated Labor 0 0 0 73 0 1 4 386
Can Families Smooth Variable Earnings? 0 0 1 116 1 2 7 336
Closing the Gap: The Effect of Reducing Complexity and Uncertainty in College Pricing on the Choices of Low-Income Students 2 3 9 191 5 11 27 435
Designed to fail: Effects of the default option and information complexity on student loan repayment 0 0 4 9 2 5 17 61
Does Aid Matter? Measuring the Effect of Student Aid on College Attendance and Completion 0 1 8 667 5 9 51 2,070
Dual‐Credit Courses and the Road to College: Experimental Evidence from Tennessee 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17
Experimental Evidence on the Effect of Childhood Investments on Postsecondary Attainment and Degree Completion 0 0 0 9 0 0 4 62
Hope for Whom? Financial Aid for the Middle Class and Its Impact on College Attendance 0 1 1 22 3 5 17 124
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 3 10 1 2 7 50
Inputs and Impacts in Charter Schools: KIPP Lynn 0 1 3 83 1 5 19 436
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 2 2 6 92 2 5 23 553
Student Aid Simplification: Looking Back and Looking Ahead 0 0 1 33 0 0 4 123
The Behavioral and Distributional Implications of Aid for College 0 0 3 239 0 2 7 681
The Cost of Complexity in Federal Student Aid: Lessons From Optimal Tax Theory and Behavioral Economics 0 0 1 115 1 3 16 421
The Lengthening of Childhood 0 0 0 42 0 5 28 625
The Power of Certainty: Experimental Evidence on the Effective Design of Free Tuition Programs 1 1 3 8 2 3 9 21
The US college loans system: Lessons from Australia and England 0 0 2 25 0 2 10 123
Who Benefits From the Education Saving Incentives? Income, Educational Expectations and the Value of the 529 and Coverdell 0 0 0 19 2 2 7 93
Who Benefits from KIPP? 0 0 0 0 3 3 12 336
Total Journal Articles 5 9 48 1,831 29 70 288 7,529


Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
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College Aid 0 0 1 33 0 2 5 118
Complexity and Targeting in Federal Student Aid: A Quantitative Analysis 0 0 1 35 0 0 4 157
Simplifying Tax Incentives and Aid for College: Progress and Prospects 0 0 0 7 0 1 2 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 1 2 123 0 2 11 347
Total Chapters 0 1 4 203 0 5 23 726


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