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The Consequences of Recent Changes in Financing for Australian Higher Education.
Chapman, B; Salvage, T - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1997
The changes made to Australian higher education financing in the 1996-97 Budget are arguable the most significant since …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004971335
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Policy Perspectives on Hifher Education Financing : A Comprehensive Program of National Scholarship / Cost Functions for Australian Universities : A Survey of Results with Implicat...
Markel, P; Heaton, C; Throsby, D - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1997
it has taken place, attention needs to be given to a whole range of issues. These include : scale of higher education …, funding, university/government relations, research, diversity, quality, higher education and vocational education and training …. The reforms that have occurred in the Astralian higher education sector in recent years, and those that are currently …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005032822
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The Design of Optimal Education Policies
De Fraja, Gianni - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
The paper studies the optimal education policy of a budget-constrained utilitarian government. Households differ in … information. Households can choose to use private education, but cannot borrow to finance it. The results we obtain are striking …. The optimal education policy is elitist: it increases the spread between the education achievement of the bright and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666893
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Immigrant Earnings Change: The Importance of Australian Schooling.
Will, L. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1996
It is shown, both theoretically and empirically, that failure to take age at arrival into account leads to some bias in estimates of earnings change with years since migration. In addition, the analysis reveals that results are sensitive to the approach taken to inclusion of information on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004977266
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Student Loan Reforms for German Higher Education: Financing Tuition Fees
Chapman, Bruce; Sinning, Mathias - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2010
Due to the unknown future economic situation of students, private banks are unwilling to provide student loans in the absence of collateral. This market failure requires government intervention to prevent socially sub-optimal and regressive outcomes. Income contingent loans, whose repayment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009142097
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Repayment Burdens with US College Loans
Chapman, Bruce; Lounkaewa, Kiatanantha - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2010
There is a significant and on-going unease with, and debate concerning, the state of US college loans. One of the most important questions relates to so-called “repayment burdens”, the financial difficulties associated with repayments. This paper examines the issue from both theoretical and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008691143
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Improving College Access and Success for Low-Income Students: Evidence from a Large Need-based Grant Program
Fack, Gabrielle; Grenet, Julien - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Using comprehensive administrative data on France’s single largest financial aid program, this paper provides new evidence on the impact of large-scale need-based grant programs on the college enrollment decisions, persistence and graduation rates of low-income students. We exploit sharp...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083852
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Thailand’s Student Loan Fund: An Analysis of Interest Rate Subsidies and Repayment Hardships
Chapman, Bruce; Lounkaew, Kiatanantha; Polsiri, Piruna; … - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2009
supply responses to tax policy can explain differences in aggregate labour supply and years of education across countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004970063
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Income Contingent Loans for Higher Education: International Reform
Chapman, Bruce - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2005
It is well known that higher education financing involves uncertainty and risk with respect to students’ future … education. The historically most common response to this market failure — a government guarantee to repay student loans to banks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004970067
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Income Contingent Student Loans for Thailand: Alternatives Compared
Chapman, Bruce; Lounkaew, Kiatanantha - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2009
This paper illustrates the extent of implicit taxpayer subsidies under four possible income contingent loan (ICL) arrangements for Thailand: TICAL, implemented in 2007 only, a variant of TICAL, and two alternative ICL schemes. The implicit taxpayer subsidy calculated with respect to average...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004970078