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Generating Stable University Funding Mechanisms: Income Contingent Loan Structure Choice within the Irish Education System
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Larkin, Charles; Corbet, Shaen – Journal of Education Finance, 2021
This paper presents an exploratory analysis of the funding mechanisms for higher education across sixteen countries which builds upon existing work on educational institutions, educational outcomes, and welfare regimes. We focus upon the current financing dilemma within the Irish higher education system, seeking potential solutions within an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, Universities, Income Contingent Loans
Why Do German Students Reject Free Money?
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Fidan, Muervet; Manger, Christian – Education Economics, 2022
Numerous eligible German students do not apply for heavily subsidized student aid (BAföG). Our theoretical model shows how imperfect information, risk aversion, debt aversion, and student income can incentivize rational students to abstain from an application. We use GSOEP data from 2001 to 2013 to simulate BAföG eligibility and find that in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Risk, Student Financial Aid
Student Support and Tuition Fee Systems in Comparative Perspective
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Czarnecki, Krzysztof; Korpi, Tomas; Nelson, Kenneth – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
The purpose of this study is to outline a new approach to the comparative analysis of student finance systems based on social rights, an approach widely applied in other areas of social policy. It focuses on rights codified in national legislation and financed by central governments, and the collection of indicators measuring formal eligibility…
Descriptors: Tuition, Comparative Analysis, Low Income Students, Paying for College
Non-Take-Up of Student Financial Aid--A Microsimulation for Germany
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Herber, Stefanie P.; Kalinowski, Michael – Education Economics, 2019
We estimate the percentage of eligible students who do not take up their federal need-based student financial aid entitlements in a microsimulation model for the German Socio-Economic Panel Study 2002--2013. We find that about 40% of the eligible low-income students do not take up their entitlements. Non-take-up is inversely and rather…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Financial Aid, Low Income, Eligibility
Do Tuition Fees Affect the Mobility of University Applicants? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
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Dwenger, Nadja; Storck, Johanna; Wrohlich, Katharina – Economics of Education Review, 2012
Several German states recently introduced tuition fees for university education. We investigate whether these tuition fees influence the mobility of university applicants. Based on administrative data of applicants for medical schools in Germany, we estimate the effect of tuition fees on the probability of applying for a university in the home…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Medical Schools, High School Graduates, Probability
Student Loans in Higher Education: 1. Western Europe and the USA. Report of an IIEP Educational Forum. IIEP Dissemination Programme, Educational Forum Series, No. 1.
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Woodhall, Maureen – 1990
This report provides a summary of a forum held in Paris at the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) in September 1989. The purpose of the forum was to examine recent changes in industrialized countries in systems of financial support for students in higher education, and in particular to review experiences with student loans as…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries