Living allowances should be granted to all students regardless of their families' wealth because the educational and social benefits would outweigh the financial costs, two Australian academics have argued. Political scientists Susan Goodwin and Ariadne Vromen say students from all socio-economic backgrounds suffer from an income support regime premised on 'ongoing parental dependency'. Students from the poorest households must earn money to supplement living allowances well below the poverty line, while those from the 'squeezed middle' – whose parental incomes render them ineligible for income support – must work just as hard to 'compensate for the pressure…on family resources'.

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