ERIC Number: EJ1200510
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-0964-5292
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Non-Take-Up of Student Financial Aid--A Microsimulation for Germany
Herber, Stefanie P.; Kalinowski, Michael
Education Economics, v27 n1 p52-74 2019
We estimate the percentage of eligible students who do not take up their federal need-based student financial aid entitlements in a microsimulation model for the German Socio-Economic Panel Study 2002--2013. We find that about 40% of the eligible low-income students do not take up their entitlements. Non-take-up is inversely and rather inelastically related to the level of benefits. We investigate possible reasons for non-take-up, accounting for potential sample selection and endogeneity issues; and discuss policy implications.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Financial Aid, Low Income, Eligibility, Debt (Financial), Higher Education, Simulation, Multivariate Analysis, Costs, College Students, Decision Making, Risk, Student Characteristics, Prediction, Probability, Robustness (Statistics), Student Attitudes, Paying for College
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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