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Student loans: vehicle of opportunity or trojan horse?

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Stephanie Chapman Weishaar, Cornerstone Research

Grant Type: doctoral

Grant Year: 2015

Grant Amount: $15,000

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How does the dramatic increase of student loan debt affect how college graduates search for jobs in the labor market? Do the effects of student debt on job search differ across the distribution of family income? This project addresses these important questions, with immediate implications for contemporary policy conversations about student debt reform, as well as the broader fate of Millennials in the labor market.

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U.S. economic mobility trends and outcomes

U.S. income and wealth inequality are no longer increasing, but a return to the equitable levels of the mid-20th century isn’t likely anytime soon