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Financing Undergraduate Education: Designing National Policies

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  • McPherson, Michael S.
  • Schapiro, Morton Owen

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Analyzes pricing, aid, access, and choice in American higher education and finds that real increases in net tuition have impaired access and choice principally for students from low-income families. Current subsidies focus on providing tax benefits to middle and upper income families.

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  • McPherson, Michael S. & Schapiro, Morton Owen, 1997. "Financing Undergraduate Education: Designing National Policies," National Tax Journal, National Tax Association;National Tax Journal, vol. 50(3), pages 557-571, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:ntj:journl:v:50:y:1997:i:3:p:557-71
    DOI: 10.1086/NTJ41789281
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    1. Kane, Thomas J., 1997. "Beyond Tax Relief: Long-Term Challenges in Financing Higher Education," National Tax Journal, National Tax Association, vol. 50(2), pages 335-49, June.
    2. Thomas J. Kane, 1995. "Rising Public College Tuition and College Entry: How Well Do Public Subsidies Promote Access to College?," NBER Working Papers 5164, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    7. Isabela Duarte & Joao de Mello, 2016. "The Effect of the Availabilty of Student Credit on Tuitions: Testing the Bennet Hypothesis using Evidence from a Large-Scale Student Loan Program in Brazil," 2016 Meeting Papers 1451, Society for Economic Dynamics.

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