Finnish economy 2040

Public finance simulator

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Student aid cuts make students work more

Confidence: Low
On by default
Shape: Proportional

When student aid is cut, some students make up for it by working more. Their wages are taxed, so part of the saving comes back as tax revenue straight away. (Some take a student loan instead, and some spend less.)

Of every 100 euros that a change to “Student aid” saves or brings in, 10 € comes in as extra revenue on the line “Personal income tax” every year. (The other way round if the change adds spending or cuts taxes.)

E(t) = s × T(t)

Sources: Reforming student financial aid, rapporteur's report (Ministry of Education and Culture; in Finnish)

How the effect builds up over time

Share of the change's own effect on the balance, year by year while the change continues: −15% means 15% of a saving comes back as cost (or 15% of extra revenue is lost). With the default values.

You can switch the effect on or off and adjust its assumptions in the simulator under Cause-and-effect chains.