Credit constraints in higher education in a context of unobserved heterogeneity
Author
Rojas, Eugenio
Sánchez, Rafael
Villena, Mauricio G.
Publication date
2016ISSN
0272-7757
Abstract
This article tests the existence of credit constraints on higher education access by estimating actual marginal returns in the context of unobserved heterogeneity. We estimate higher education returns for those who attended and compare them with those of individuals who are at the margin of attending. Following the (Carneiro and Heckman, 2002) reasoning, if the returns of the latter group are larger than those of the former one we could be in presence of unobservable barriers to higher education access, such as credit constraints. We use a rich administrative database composed of three sources: data of enrollment and graduation from the Chilean higher education system, test scores and labor market outcomes from the Chilean Unemployment Insurance database. Our results suggest that there is no evidence of credit constraints for enrolling into the Chilean Higher Education system. However, we do find some evidence of credit constraints in graduation.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Published version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
37 - Education
Keywords
Educació
Educación
Education
Pages
25
Publisher
Elsevier
Collection
52
Is part of
Economics of Education Review
Citation
Rojas, Eugenio; Sánchez, Rafael; Villena, Mauricio G. Credit constraints in higher education in a context of unobserved heterogeneity. Economics of Education Review, 2016, 52, p. 225-250. Disponible en: <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272775716301376>. Fecha de acceso: 24 abr. 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2016.03.004
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