The purpose of this study is to empirically assess the effects of student loan that many students receive while they are in college and to give a reference for making and implementing policies on student loan later.
For this purpose, the representative statistical data from the Korean Education and Employment Panel (KEEP) by the Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training were used to perform empirical analysis of student loan status and the effects of student loan on school-to-work transition for female university graduates.
The results showed that 34.6% of the female university graduates received student loan for 1.3 terms on average. According to students who responded that they had received student loan, they had student loan for 3.83 terms and the loan amounted to 12.93 million won on average. As for the effects of student loan, the student loan recipients were quick to get the first job after graduation but their wage at the first job and the job's agreement with their major were at relatively lower levels.
This study is significant in that in the scarcity of academic research, it made multilateral research on the effects of student loan on school-to-work transition, considering the political disputes over student loan and the relevant burden felt by the people.