ERIC Number: EJ1204454
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
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Debt Burden after College: The Effect of Student Loan Debt on Graduates' Employment, Additional Schooling, Family Formation, and Home Ownership
Velez, Erin; Cominole, Melissa; Bentz, Alexander
Education Economics, v27 n2 p186-206 2019
This paper measures the effects of undergraduate student loan debt on graduates' post-college outcomes: employment, additional enrollment, family formation, home ownership, and net worth. The analysis uses data from a nationally representative sample of 2007-08 bachelor's degree recipients. Because a graduate's debt burden is not randomly assigned, we use an instrumental variable -- enrollment-weighted average in-state tuition over four years -- to estimate the effect of debt on post-baccalaureate outcomes while minimizing selection bias. We find that four years after graduating, undergraduate debt is related to borrowers' earnings, job choice, decisions to marry and have children, and net worth.
Descriptors: Debt (Financial), Student Loan Programs, College Graduates, Employment, Enrollment, Ownership, Graduate Study, Bachelors Degrees, Longitudinal Studies, Marriage, Parents
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (NCES)
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