The evolution of student debt in the United States / Sandy Baum -- Measuring student debt and its performance / Meta Brown, Andrew Haughwout, Donghoon Lee, Joelle Scally, and Wilbert van der Klaauw -- The distribution of college graduate dept, 1990-2008 : a decomposition approach / Brad Hershbein and Kevin M. Hollenbeck -- Understanding changes in the distribution of student loan debt over time / Elizabeth Akers, Matthew M. Chingos, and Alice M. Henriques -- College costs and financial constraints : student borrowing at for-profit institutions / Stephanie Riegg Cellini and Rajeev Darolia -- Private student loans and bankruptcy : did four-year undergraduates benefit from the increased collectability of student loans? / Xiaoling Ang and Dalié Jiménez -- Default and repayment among baccalaureate degree earners / Lance J. Lochner and Alexander Monge-Naranjo -- The effects of student loans on long-term household financial stability / Dora Gicheva and Jeffrey Thompson -- Making sense of loan aversion : evidence from Wisconsin / Sara Goldrick-Rab and Robert Kelchen -- Federal student loan policy : improving loan design, repayment, and consumer protections / Lauren Asher, Debbie Cochrane, Pauline Abernathy, Diane Cheng, Joseph Mais, and Jessica Thompson -- Loans for educational opportunity : making borrowing work for today's students / Susan Dynarski and Daniel Kreisman -- Measuring the benefits of income-based repayment for graduate and professional students / Jason Delisle, Alex Holt, and Kristin Blagg.
Summary:
"The papers included in this volume represent the most current research and knowledge available about student loans and repayment. It serves as a valuable reference for researchers and policymakers who seek a deeper understanding of how, why, and which students borrow for their postsecondary education; how this borrowing may affect later decisions; and what measures can help borrowers repay their loans successfully.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.