Baumgartner, Hans J.; Steiner, Viktor - In: Schmollers Jahrbuch : Journal of Applied Social Science … 125 (2005) 1, pp. 29-38
We evaluate the effect of the German Federal Educational Assistance Act (BAfoeG) on enrolment rates in higher education by exploiting the exogenous variation introduced through a discrete shift in the repayment regulations. While up to 1990, students receiving assistance had to repay their loans...