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Administrative Burden in Federal Student Loan Repayment, and Socially Stratified Access to Income-Driven Repayment Plans

Adam Goldstein, Charlie Eaton, Amber Villalobos, Parijat Chakrabarti, Jeremy Cohen, Katie Donnelly
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences September 2023, 9 (4) 86-111; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2023.9.4.04
Adam Goldstein
aAssociate professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton University, United States
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Charlie Eaton
bAssociate professor of sociology at University of California Merced, United States
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Amber Villalobos
cPostdoctoral research associate at the Higher Education, Race, and the Economy Lab at University of California Merced, United States
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Parijat Chakrabarti
dPostdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan, United States
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Jeremy Cohen
eDoctorate in sociology from Princeton University, United States
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Katie Donnelly
fDoctoral candidate in sociology at Princeton University, United States
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    • FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN SERVICING AND REPAYMENT PROGRAMS
    • FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN SERVICING
    • ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN AND SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
    • BURDENS AND STRATIFIED ACCESS TO PUBLIC PROGRAMS
    • METHODS AND RESEARCH DESIGN
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    • QUANTITATIVE DATA AND METHODS
    • QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF CFPB COMPLAINTS
    • IMPLICATIONS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXCLUSION FROM IDR
    • COMBINED EFFECTS OF ADMINISTRATIVE BURDENS ON STRATIFIED ACCESS TO REPAYMENT PLANS
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