In this paper we report on the trade-offs that 1,068 Australian university students make between absolute income and … the rank of that income in hypothetical income distributions. We find that income rank matters independently of absolute … income, with greater weight given to rank by males, migrants, and individuals from wealthy families. Rank …

commencement and completion for Australian students. First, an instrumental variables approach is adopted where the probability of …

The effect of credit constraints on the dropout, graduate and slow finishing decisions of university students in … an income contingent loan scheme and means tested government income support. Our key findings are that the effects of … credit constraints vary with high school achievement and that credit constrained students are at greater risk of dropout. We …