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

Date

2013

Authors

Chapman, Bruce
Higgins, Timothy

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Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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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

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Keywords: debt; higher education; income; lending behavior; student; Australia

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The Australian Economic Review

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Journal article

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2037-12-31