
The Student Loan Crisis: Policy, Burden, and Borrower Well-Being
- Fenaba R. Addo, Dominique J. Baker, Daniel A. Collier
- Webinar
- 2025
Economic support programs are intended to serve people who are unemployed, disabled, have low earnings, or experience other economic or material hardship. They operate under two broad categories: social insurance (such as Social Security and unemployment insurance) and means-tested transfers (such as SNAP/Food Stamps and Medicaid), sometimes called social assistance.