The Effect of the Great Recession on Student Loan Borrowing and Repayment
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Keywords
student loans; Great Recession; unemployment; higher education finance;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I22 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Educational Finance; Financial Aid
- G51 - Financial Economics - - Household Finance - - - Household Savings, Borrowing, Debt, and Wealth
- H81 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - Governmental Loans; Loan Guarantees; Credits; Grants; Bailouts
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LMA-2025-04-21 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
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