This study examines the institutional factors associated with student loan default. When a college has more than 30% of its students default on their loans, then the institution faces federal sanctions that could make them ineligible from participating in the federal student loan program. Using Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System…

Student employment subsidies are one of the largest types of federal employment subsidies, and one of the oldest forms of student aid. Yet it is unclear whether they help or harm students' long term outcomes. This document contains the appendices to the report "Should Student Employment Be Subsidized? Conditional Counterfactuals and the…

Outlines design issues involved with introducing an income-contingent, college student-loan program and describes the solutions adopted by Australian and New Zealand governments. Uses dynamic microsimulation to simulate the likely future repayment profiles for two Australian ICL schemes and assesses the proportion of total debt repaid. (19…

An econometric model that allows any institution to study the effect of financial aid and other variables on within-year persistence of college students is described. It is concluded that total amount of aid and the amounts of grants and loans received are significant in promoting persistence. (Author/MSE)