Student Loans and the Likelihood of Graduation: Evidence from Finnish Cohort Data

Autor/inn/en	Asplund, Rita; Abdelkarim, Oussama Ben; Skalli, Ali
Titel	Student Loans and the Likelihood of Graduation: Evidence from Finnish Cohort Data
Quelle	In: Higher Education in Europe, 34 (2009) 2, S.243-255 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0379-7724
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Socioeconomic Background; Cohort Analysis; Student Loan Programs; Maximum Likelihood Statistics; Graduation Rate; Predictor Variables; Financial Policy; Policy Analysis; Finance Reform; Student Records; Statistical Data; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sozioökonomische Lage; Kohortenanalyse; Prädiktor; Fiscal policy; Finanzpolitik; Politikfeldanalyse; Financial reform; Finanzreform; Schülerakte; Finnland
Abstract	Most countries have experienced soaring enrolment rates into tertiary education. While this is beneficial both to involved students and to knowledge-based societies, it also makes the funding issue even more crucial than it is usually seen to be. This paper presents first results from an analysis of the effectiveness of student loans as a funding strategy using unique student-level data from Finland. The focus is on the effect of student loans on the likelihood of graduation, as well as on the socioeconomic background dimension of such an effect. We find no evidence in support of the latter effect being significant. (Contains 1 table, 4 figures and 6 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10