Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/305378 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Publisher: 
ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, Kiel, Hamburg
Abstract: 
An alternative to the dependence on traditional student loans may offer a viable relief from the tremendous burden that those loans usually incur. This article establishes that it is desirable for governmental intervention to grant students 'more choice' in their funding decisions by allowing them to have portfolios, mixtures of different types of loans. To emphasize this point, a model is presented of a situation where students invest in higher education while facing uncertainty about their individual earning potential. The model reveals that when students are allowed to have portfolios of loans, some of them indeed take the opportunity and diversify their loans, benefiting themselves, but also improving the loan terms of other students. Therefore, when governments organize student loans, they should consider providing students with more choice in their funding decisions.
Subjects: 
Education policy
Education finance
Student loans
Human capital
Higher education
JEL: 
I22
I23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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