Studies continue to indicate that higher education is frequently a worthwhile investment for individuals and that it raises the productivity of the workforce as a whole. While the rising cost of post-secondary education has not eliminated this "college premium", it has raised new questions about...

College students frequently show they have little skill when it comes to using a credit card in a responsible manner. This article deals with this issue in an emerging market and in a pioneering manner. University students (n=769) in São Paulo, Brazil's main financial center, replied to a...

While student bank selection has enjoyed overwhelming research attention over the past few decades, how international student determines and selects their banks has, however, received little attention in the marketing literature. This study explored the determinants of banking selection, among...

This study examined the profile of student loans in the U.S., identifying the determinants of three types of financial burdens attributable to student loans: (1) outstanding balance; (2) loan payment-to-income ratio, and (3) loan delinquency. The pooled dataset from the 2010 to 2013 Survey of...

Alongside the numerous negative effects of the 2008 economic crisis, we can emphasize perhaps one positive aspect: one consequence of the crisis has been that attention has been paid to the low level of financial literacy among the population and the importance of financial education. Research...

Purpose – This study aims to identify the precedents of compulsively using a credit card, analyzing the influence of the following factors: power–prestige, anxiety, distrust and materialism.Data collection was performed by the survey method, while the structural equation modeling technique...

Multiple extensions of the federal student loan forbearance program since March 2020resulted in a temporary payment pause that lasted more than 3 years. We examine theimpact of long-term forbearance on the evolution of borrowing by distressed individuals.We observe substantial increases in...

Government student loan programs must balance the need to enforce repayment among borrowers who can afford to make their payments with some form of forgiveness or repayment assistance for those who cannot. Using unique survey and administrative data from the Canada Student Loan Program, we show...

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...

We conduct an experiment to study the prevalence of the higher order risk attitudes of prudence and temperance, in a large demographically representative sample, as well as in a sample of undergraduate students. Participants make pairwise choices between lotteries of the form proposed by...