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Project Citation: 

Daniels Jr., Gerald E. , Kakar, Venoo, and Galloway, Jeffrey. Data and Code for: Student Debt Relief and Racial Wealth Gaps. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2024. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-05-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E201783V1

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The Biden-Harris Administration released a plan to cancel federal student loans for 43 million borrowers on August 24, 2022. While the Supreme Court struck down the Biden-Harris' student debt relief plan on June 30, 2023, the White House is now planning to use the Higher Education Act of 1965, a federal law that governs the student loan program, to bring about relief for student borrowers. This article estimates the potential impact of broad-based student debt relief on racial and ethnic wealth gaps. On average, federal student debt potentially eligible for relief explains 3% of the White-Black wealth gaps, suggesting that broad-based student debt relief could significantly mitigate racial wealth inequities.

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Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Student Loans; Wealth Inequality; Loan Forgiveness; Racial Wealth Gaps
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      D14 Household Saving; Personal Finance
      G51 Household Finance: Household Saving, Borrowing, Debt, and Wealth
      H81 Governmental Loans; Loan Guarantees; Credits; Grants; Bailouts
      I22 Educational Finance; Financial Aid
      I24 Education and Inequality


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