Article Title
Document Type
Essay
Abstract
The purpose of this Essay is to explore the idea that the student loan indebtedness bearing down upon the majority of today’s college graduates creates economic insecurity that forces borrowers to reject or significantly delay marriage, and that burden, taken together with an already lukewarm Millennial attitude, may not bode well for the future of the institution. Record numbers of Millennials have rejected the traditional path of marriage-homeownership-children, and the percentage of Millennials who will marry by age 40 is projected to fall lower than the figure for any previous generation of Americans. To the extent that marriage is an evolving institution that is shaped by economic forces, current student loan policy may relegate marriage to the status of luxury—a ritual afforded only by the wealthy. [excerpt]
CU Commons Citation
Haneman, Victoria J.
(2017)
"Marriage, Millennials, and Massive Student Loan Debt,"
Concordia Law Review: Vol. 2:
No.
1, Article 6.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.csp.edu/clr/vol2/iss1/6