William Skimmyhorn
Biographic Data
| ID | 5851986 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William Skimmyhorn |
| GIVEN NAMES | William |
| FAMILY NAME | Skimmyhorn |
| SIGNATURE | SKIMMYHORN W |
| AFFILIATIONS | United States Military Academy |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0753-6065 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Can information and advising affect postsecondary participation and attainment for military personnel? Evidence from a large‐scale experiment with the U.S. Army
Despite generous financial aid, military veterans have high rates of undermatch and generally poor postsecondary outcomes. We conducted a large‐scale, multi‐arm field experiment with the U.S. Army to investigate whether personalized information about postsecondary options and access to advising affects service members’ postsecondary choices and outcomes. We find no impact of the intervention on whether or where veterans enroll in college or on th…
Nudges Don't Work When the Benefits Are Ambiguous
The Post‐9/11 GI Bill allows service members to transfer generous education benefits to a dependent. We run a large‐scale experiment that encourages service members to consider the transfer option among a population that includes individuals for whom the transfer benefits are clear and individuals for whom the net‐benefits are significantly more ambiguous. We find no impact of a one‐time e‐mail about benefits transfer among service members for wh…
Benefits left on the table
Much Ado about Nothing? New Evidence on the Effects of Payday Lending on Military Members
We evaluate the effect that payday loan access has on credit and labor market outcomes of individuals in the U.S. Army. Using the conditional random assignment of service members to different locations, we employ three identification strategies: cross-sectional variation in state policies, within-term variation in payday lending access, and a difference-in-difference analysis using the national Military Lending Act. We find few adverse effects of…
Personality attributes that predict cadet performance at West Point
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Much Ado about Nothing? New Evidence on the Effects of Payday Lending on Military Members
We evaluate the effect that payday loan access has on credit and labor market outcomes of individuals in the U.S. Army. Using the conditional random assignment of service members to different locations, we employ three identification strategies: cross-sectional variation in state policies, within-term variation in payday lending access, and a difference-in-difference analysis using the national Military Lending Act. We find few adverse effects of…
Personality attributes that predict cadet performance at West Point
Benefits left on the table
Nudges Don't Work When the Benefits Are Ambiguous
The Post‐9/11 GI Bill allows service members to transfer generous education benefits to a dependent. We run a large‐scale experiment that encourages service members to consider the transfer option among a population that includes individuals for whom the transfer benefits are clear and individuals for whom the net‐benefits are significantly more ambiguous. We find no impact of a one‐time e‐mail about benefits transfer among service members for wh…
Can information and advising affect postsecondary participation and attainment for military personnel? Evidence from a large‐scale experiment with the U.S. Army
Despite generous financial aid, military veterans have high rates of undermatch and generally poor postsecondary outcomes. We conducted a large‐scale, multi‐arm field experiment with the U.S. Army to investigate whether personalized information about postsecondary options and access to advising affects service members’ postsecondary choices and outcomes. We find no impact of the intervention on whether or where veterans enroll in college or on th…
Psychology (4 works) · Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Affect (linguistics (1 work) · Applied Psychology (1 work) · Attrition (1 work) · Cadet (1 work)