“Fair to me, fair to us, or fair to you?” Unresolved conflict between government and graduates over Australia’s tertiary education loans

IF 3.3 3区经济学 Q1 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Journal of Economic Policy Reform Pub Date : 2020-07-13 DOI:10.1080/17487870.2020.1785298

V. Braithwaite, E. Ahmed, Deborah Cleland

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Australia adopted income-contingent government loans for tertiary students 30 years ago, aiming to promote greater access and equity in higher education, as repayments were required only when income exceeded a threshold. Why then does the scheme still cause dissension and with what consequences for government? We analyse qualitative and quantitative survey data to answer this question. Contrary to the government’s universal conception of fairness, graduates keenly perceive unfairness relative to their peers. Our results indicate that perceptions of unfair treatment create enduring difficulties for governments in securing cooperation from their citizens.

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“对我公平，对我们公平，还是对你公平？”政府和毕业生之间关于澳大利亚高等教育贷款的冲突尚未解决

摘要：30年前，澳大利亚为高等教育学生提供了与收入相关的政府贷款，旨在促进高等教育的更多机会和公平，因为只有当收入超过阈值时才需要还款。那么，为什么该计划仍然会引起争议，对政府会产生什么后果？我们分析了定性和定量的调查数据来回答这个问题。与政府普遍的公平观相反，毕业生敏锐地察觉到相对于同龄人的不公平。我们的研究结果表明，对不公平待遇的看法给政府争取公民合作带来了持久的困难。

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Economic Policy Reform focuses on the analysis of economic policy reform. The journal draws upon what lessons can be learned from the successes and failures of countries undertaking reforms and how existing theories can be developed to shed light on positive as well as normative aspects of the reform process. The Journal of Economic Policy Reform encourages work from economists and political economy analysts on policies to promote growth and reduce poverty, intellectual property rights, aid versus trade, debt and debt relief, taxation and social security systems, surveys of key reform issues, as well as on corruption, democracy, emerging markets and the role of multilateral institutions.