Policy makers and researchers are actively debating over the consequences of student debt
for individuals' choices and aggregate quantities in the US. Using micro-level data and …

The affordability of public higher education and, by extension, public higher education
funding, is an important concern to prospective students and their parents as well as to …

We study the quantitative effects of rising college tuition and wage inequality on the rising
student debt in the US We build an incomplete-markets overlapping-generation (OLG) …

A presente tese é composta por dois artigos que buscam analisar o impacto do FIES,
principal política de financiamento estudantil para o ensino superior no Brasil, sobre o …

I examine the role of federal loans on access to higher education and student welfare by
modeling students' postsecondary investments in human capital. I develop a dynamic …

The thesis studies student debt in the United States. The first chapter examines the
quantitative effects of rising college costs, wage inequality, and delinquencies on growing …

Abstract Carlos Alberto Torres has been one of the most prolific and influential theorists of
education over the past half century and is the preeminent scholar in the founding and …

The cost of higher education goes beyond the price of tuition. College students often also
face the burden of balancing college, family, and work. Demanding schedules and …

This study investigates the welfare implications of allowing workers the option to dedicate
their employer-sponsored retirement benefits to the repayment of their student debt. Using a …