Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/207349 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12523
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The Post-9/11 GI Bill allows service members to transfer generous education benefits to a dependent. We run a large-scale experiment to test whether active choice framing impacts US Army service members' decision to transfer benefits. Individuals who received email messages framing GI Bill use as an active choice between own use and transfer to a family member are more likely to pursue information about the benefit than individuals receiving outreach that does not frame the decision as an active choice. While we find no overall effect of framing on transfer, active choice increases transfer among service members with graduate degrees.
Subjects: 
active choice
GI Bill
randomized controlled trial
JEL: 
D15
D91
H52
I24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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