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| Publication date |
2012
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| Journal |
Economics of Education Review
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| Volume | Issue number |
31 | 1
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| Pages (from-to) |
33-44
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| Organisations |
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Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) - Amsterdam School of Economics Research Institute (ASE-RI)
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| Abstract |
We study student loan behavior in the Netherlands where (i) higher education students know little about the conditions of the government's financial aid program and (ii) take-up rates are low. In a field experiment we manipulated the amount of information students have about these conditions. The treatment has no impact on loan take-up, which is not due to students already having decided to take a loan or students not absorbing the information. We conclude that a lack of knowledge about specific policy parameters does not necessarily imply a binding information constraint.
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| Document type |
Article
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| Language |
English
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| Published at |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.08.009
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