ETA 6/7/21: This paper has been accepted at Social Currents. The recommended citation for this paper is:
Raphaël Charron-Chénier, Louise Seamster, Thomas M. Shapiro, and Laura Sullivan, "A Pathway to Racial Equity: Student Debt Cancellation Policy Designs." Forthcoming at Social Currents.
5/1/21:
This paper updates and expands analyses from a working paper available at
https://rooseveltinstitute.org/publications/student-debt-forgiveness-options-implications-for-policy-and-racial-equity
There are two drafts included here. The draft dated Oct 2020 uses data from the 2019 iteration of the SCF, which changed our results from 2016. On April 13, 2021, we added the revised manuscript and figures for the latest working draft. For the most up-to-date analyses and numbers, we therefore recommend you use and cite the versions titled "Forgiveness Options Revised Manuscript [figures] Feb 2021.docx"