The role of information in the take-up of student loans

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-44

  Booij, Adam S ^a   Leuven, Edwin ^b,c,d   Oosterbeek, Hessel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d IZA ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Field experiment; Information; Loan conditions; Student debt; Student loans

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINANCIAL PROVISION; HIGHER EDUCATION; STUDENT;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84855340199     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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