Human Capital Contracts: “Equity-like” Instruments for Financing Higher Education

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dc.contributor.authorPalacios, Miguelen
dc.date.accessed2019-06-20en
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-02T19:30:46Zen
dc.date.available2019-08-02T19:30:46Zen
dc.date.issued2002-12-16en
dc.description.abstractHuman capital contracts are “equity-like” financial instruments used for financing higher education. These instruments are better suited than student loans to attracting the private capital needed to finance higher education. This report argues that in order to ensure the development of human capital contracts as a viable alternative for financing higher education, policymakers should assure investors that such contracts are fully enforceable and afford them the same legal protection that student loans receive today.en
dc.description.sponsorshipCato Instituteen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttps://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/pa462.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/92626en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherCato Instituteen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjecthuman capitalen
dc.subjecteducation, higher--financeen
dc.subjectstudent loansen
dc.titleHuman Capital Contracts: “Equity-like” Instruments for Financing Higher Educationen
dc.typeReporten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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