Are Income Contingent Loans for Students Importable into France ?

Nicolas Charles (1)

1 CED - Centre Émile Durkheim

In many countries, public policies for student funding have evolved towards a new share between contributions from taxpayers, students and their parents for reasons of economic efficiency and equity. Of these new public policies, the most commonly considered system is that of income contingent loans (ICLs). Repayment of this type of loan, taken out by the student, is characterised by being deferred until the income of the borrower, i.e., the former student, reaches a certain level. In France, this system has been the subject of evaluation, and is ...

Mots clés: prêts; remboursement; prêts étudiants; revenus

Domaines: Sociologie

Nicolas Charles. Are Income Contingent Loans for Students Importable into France ?. Revue française de sociologie, 2012, 53 (2), pp.210-249. ⟨10.3917/rfs.532.0293⟩. ⟨halshs-01265517⟩