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Khyaati Acharya talks about Decade of Debt: The Cost of Interest-free Student Loans

The interest-free student loan scheme is simply not fit for purpose. This report finds that there is no compelling public policy case for universal subsidised student loans. The scheme has, to date, resulted in almost $6 billion taxpayers’ dollars being written off. Interest-free student loans are costly and ill-targeted. It is a policy that has had no major impact on tertiary participation rates, nor has it led to any conceivable improvement in tertiary equity.

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Decade of Debt: The Cost of Interest-free Student Loans

18 August 2016 - Dr Eric Crampton talks to Paul Henry about The New Zealand Initiative's latest report, Decade of Debt: The Cost of Interest Free Student Loans.

In 2005, the Fifth labour Government eliminated interest charges on all student loans. It was a superb decision in political expediency. But has it improved tertiary outcomes?

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