Job-Ready Graduates Program Financial Modelling

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Treasury developed a microsimulation model to forecast student debt repayments under Australia's Higher Education Loan Program (HELP), which has grown to $75 billion since its 1989 introduction. Using the Person Level Integrated Data Asset (PLIDA) microdata, the working paper models lifetime HELP debt and repayment patterns to understand impacts of the Job-ready Graduates Program. The draft analysis, created in May 2025, represents Treasury's Macroeconomic Analysis, Policy and Research Division's technical work on student loan dynamics, though the document excerpt provided does not detail specific modelling findings or policy recommendations.