Assesing the smpact of a student loan program on time-to-degree: The case of a program in Peru

Luis García

No 2014-375, Documentos de Trabajo / Working Papers from Departamento de Economía - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

Abstract: This paper evaluates the impact of a student loan program on time-to-degree for undergraduate students at a large university in Peru. The loans have been provided to low-income students who display satisfactory academic performance. The decision whether to apply for a loan depends on each student; therefore, simple regression analysis may fail to estimate the impact due to the problem of endogenous regresor. In this study, an instrumental variable approach is employed, and it is found that students with loans obtain their degrees more rapidly than similar students without loans. JEL Classification-JEL: C13, C14, C21, I22

Keywords: student loans; time-to-degree; Peru (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2014
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