@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp518, author={Carneiro, Pedro and Heckman, James J.}, title={The Evidence on Credit Constraints in Post-Secondary Schooling}, year={2002}, month={Jun}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={518}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp518}, abstract={This paper examines the family income—college enrollment relationship and the evidence on credit constraints in post-secondary schooling. We distinguish short-run liquidity constraints from the long-term factors that promote cognitive and noncognitive ability. Long-run factors crystallized in ability are the major determinants of the family income—schooling relationship, although there is some evidence that up to 8% of the U.S. population is credit constrained in a short-run sense. Evidence that IV estimates of the returns to schooling exceed OLS estimates is sometimes claimed to support the existence of substantial credit constraints. This argument is critically examined. }, keywords={human capital;return to education;credit constraints}, }