There is wide agreement the US student loan system faces significant problems. Seven million borrowers are in default and many more experience non-repayment. The stress of repayments faced by many students results at least in part from the design of US student loans. Specifically, loans are...

Legislators have increasingly become concerned about their state’s economic well-being with regard to student loan debt, as state leadership has called for progressive action in reducing loan burdens among students (Ahlman & Gonzalez, 2019). One response to these calls has been to institute...

The Income-Based Repayment (IBR) plan decreases the burden of student loan debt for borrowers with high levels of debt or relatively low incomes. For borrowers with high debt or low income, student loan debt payments are based on income instead of the amount of debt and the interest rate. The...