Eduard Nilaj
Data Science Research Associate

Eduard Nilaj is Data Science Research Associate working on JFI’s Higher Education Finance team. Eddie is currently completing his Ph.D. in economics at The New School for Social Research. His research examines the relationship between increased concentration and the weakening link between profitability and investment. In particular, he is interested in investigating the institutional conditions and policy choices that have resulted in a maldistribution of resources and have posed immense challenges to economic growth.
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Millennial Student Debt
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Publications
The Repayment Pause and the Continuing Crisis of Non-Repayment
Part 12 in the Millennial Student Debt Series, this report analyzes student loan repayment during the pandemic repayment moratorium.
Part of the series Millennial Student Debt
Student Debt and Young America in 2022 – Annual Report and Data Comparison Tool
The annual report provides a full analysis of the state of student debt in 2022—and what it could look like...
Part of the series Millennial Student Debt
Cost Deception at Elite Private Colleges
Following Millennial Student Debt Part 7, "How Schools Lie: The Deceptive Financial Aid System at America's Colleges," Laura Beamer and Eduard...
Part of the series Millennial Student Debt
Homeownership and the Student Debt Crisis
The homeownership rate among student borrowers declined by 24 percent from 2009 to 2019. Asian- and Black-plurality US Census Tracts saw the steepest...
Part of the series Millennial Student Debt
The Right Way to Cancel Student Debt
A collaboration between JFI and Debt Collective, the issue brief makes a data-driven case for universal, automatic, and generous debt...
Part of the series Millennial Student Debt
Student Debt and Young America Annual Report and Comparison Tool
This tool allows for interactive comparisons of higher education and debt statistics for specific geographic areas at the national, state...
Part of the series Millennial Student Debt