Student debt and hardship: Evidence from a large sample of low- and moderate-income households |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Michigan, USA;2. Washington University in St. Louis, USA;3. University of Kansas, USA;1. Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck St, Boston, MA 02115, USA;2. Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women''s Hospital, 221 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA;3. Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine, Brigham and Women''s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA;4. Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA;5. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA;6. Department of Psychology, Willamette University, Salem, OR 97301, USA;2. CESifo, Munich, Bavaria, Germany;3. NBER, Cambridge, MA, United States;4. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States;5. Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States;1. University of Michigan School of Social Work, 1080 S University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States;2. Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work, 111 E Pearson St, Chicago, IL 60611, United States |
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| Abstract: | Student debt has risen in recent years as higher education costs have shifted to students and their families, particularly those with low-to-moderate incomes (LMI). Though a college degree continues to convey higher earnings, those who finance their degrees have lower net worth and greater financial difficulties than persons without student debt. We assess the relationship between student debt and material and health care hardship among a large sample (n = 5558) of LMI tax filers, using propensity score analysis to adjust for self-selection into student debt status and loan amount and monthly payment quartiles. We find that participants with student debt have a higher likelihood of hardship. Loan amounts only partially predict hardship, and borrowers making current loan payments are at lower odds for hardship than non-payers. We also find that among those with student debt, non-payers and those without college degrees have much greater social and economic disadvantages. |
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