The costs of unpaid higher education contribution scheme debts of graduates working abroad

Chapman, Bruce; Higgins, Timothy

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The costs of unpaid higher education contribution scheme debts of graduates working abroad

Date

2013

Authors

Chapman, Bruce

Higgins, Timothy

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

The Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) is an income-contingent loan designed to collect tuition from Australian university students. The debt is collected on the basis of recorded incomes and, as a consequence, debtors living overseas will not re