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Education Policy and Intergenerational Transfers in Equilibrium
Abbott, Brant; Gallipoli, Giovanni; Meghir, Costas; … - Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University - 2013
This paper compares partial and general equilibrium effects of alternative financial aid policies intended to promote … education, labor supply, and consumption/saving decisions. Altruistic parents make inter vivos transfers to their children … of funding for college education. We find that the current financial aid system in the U.S. improves welfare, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010939077
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Education policy and intergenerational transfers in equilibrium
Abbott, Brant; Gallipoli, Giovanni; Meghir, Costas; … - Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) - 2013
This paper compares partial and general equilibrium effects of alternative financial aid policies intended to promote … education, labour supply, and consumption/saving decisions. Altruistic parents make inter vivos transfers to their children … of funding for college education. We find that the current financial aid system in the U.S. improves welfare, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010686004
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Education Policy and Intergenerational Transfers in Equilibrium
Abbott, Brant; Gallipoli, Giovanni; Meghir, Costas; … - Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA) - 2013
This paper compares partial and general equilibrium effects of alternative financial aid policies intended to promote … education, labor supply, and consumption/saving decisions. Altruistic parents make inter vivos transfers to their children … of funding for college education. We find that the current financial aid system in the U.S. improves welfare, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010656020
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The Jobs Challenge in Poland: Policies to Raise Employment
Burns, Andrew; Kowalski, Przemyslaw - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004
With almost 50 per cent of the working age population not working, improving labour market performance represents an essential and daunting challenge for Poland. While some of today’s joblessness is cyclical in nature, most of it appears to be structural. This paper argues that to increase...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046206
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Employment and sustainable development: education, training and R&D in the regulation of the labour market
Kovács, Ilona; Chagas Lopes, Margarida - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
“Employment and sustainable development: education, training and R&D in the regulation of the labour market” Ilona … next sections focus on long trend and new forms of labour market regulation and the role successively played by Education … effective upgrading of work and skills, requiring adequate structural education, training and R&D policies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565128
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Education Policy and Intergenerational Transfers in Equilibrium
Meghir, Costas; Abbott, Brant; Gallipoli, Giovanni; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
This paper compares partial and general equilibrium effects of alternative financial aid policies intended to promote … education, labor supply, and consumption/saving decisions. Altruistic parents make inter vivos transfers to their children … of funding for college education. We find that the current financial aid system in the U.S. improves welfare, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010607944
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Graduates, dropouts and slow finishers: the effects of credit constraints on university outcomes
Cardak, Buly; Vecci, Joseph - Department of Economics and Finance, La Trobe Business … - 2014
The effect of credit constraints on the dropout, graduate and slow finishing decisions of university students in Australia is studied. The Australian university system has institutions in place to resolve credit constraint issues, including an income contingent loan scheme and means tested...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862146
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Student Loans and Repayment: Theory, Evidence and Policy
Lochner, Lance; Monge-Naranjo, Alexander - Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics, … - 2015
Rising costs of and returns to college have led to sizeable increases in the demand for student loans in many countries. In the U.S., student loan default rates have also risen for recent cohorts as labor market uncertainty and debt levels have increased. We discuss these trends as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212021
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Credit Constraints and Demand for Higher Education: Evidence from Financial Deregulation
Teng Sun, Stephen; Yannelis, Constantine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper uses staggered bank branching deregulation across states in the United States to examine the impact of the resulting increase in the supply of credit on college enrollment from the 70s to early 90s. A significant advantage of our research design is that it produces estimates that are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113259
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Catastrophic Job Destruction
Carneiro, Anabela; Portugal, Pedro; Varejão, José - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
In this article we study the resilience of the Portuguese labor market, in terms of job flows, employment and wage developments, in the context of the current recession. We single out the huge contribution of job destruction, especially due to the closing of existing firms, to the dramatic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884099