@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp11142, author={Hämäläinen, Ulla and Koerselman, Kristian and Uusitalo, Roope}, title={Graduation Incentives Through Conditional Student Loan Forgiveness}, year={2017}, month={Nov}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={11142}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp11142}, abstract={We evaluate a Finnish student financing reform which created substantial financial incentives for on-time graduation, and had the side effect of turning expected nominal interest rates on student loans strongly negative. We find that both the timing of graduation and the take-up of loans remained unaffected by the reform. This is consistent with earlier findings in the literature that students do not seem to process financial incentives well when framed as a loan.}, keywords={incentives;student finance;higher education;pace of studies;student loans}, }