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COL David S. Lyle

Vice Dean for Resources

Professor of Economics

US Army

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Email: David.Lyle@usma.edu

Colonel (COL) David S. Lyle is a Professor of Economics at West Point and the Vice Dean for Resources for the United States Military Academy. Colonel Lyle earned a B.S. in economics at West Point in 1994. He was commissioned into the US Army Corps of Engineers, and served in both construction and combat units. He earned a Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2003, and has served on the West Point faculty ever since. An applied labor economist by training, Colonel Lyle’s primary research interests are in the areas of human capital, talent management, social interactions, military manpower, compensation, Veteran employment, and the impact of military service on households. Colonel Lyle was promoted to Associate Professor in 2009, and Full Professor of Economics in 2015.

Curriculum Vitae

Autor, David H., Mark Duggan, Kyle Greenberg, and David S. Lyle, "The Impact of Disability Benefits on Labor Supply: Evidence from the VA’s Disability Compensation Program." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, v8 (3). July 2016, 1-39.

Carter, Susan, Whitney Dudley, David S. Lyle and John Z. Smith, "Mentors Matter in the U.S. Army: Mentor Effects on Retention." National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper [link]

Colarusso, Michael J., Kenneth G. Heckel, David S. Lyle, and William L. Skimmyhorn, "Starting Strong: Talent-Based Branching of Newly Commissioned U.S. Army Officers." Strategic Studies Institute, April 2016. [link]

Wallace, Roy A., Mike J. Colarusso, Andy O. Hall, David S. Lyle, and Michael S. Walker, "Paid to Perform - Aligning Total Military Compensation with Talent Management." Strategic Studies Institute, June 2015. [link]

Schneider, Carl, David S. Lyle, and Francis X. Murphy, "Framing the Big Data Ethics Debate for the Military." Armed Forces Journal, April 2015. [link]

Bukowski, Raven, John Childress, Mike Colarusso, and David S. Lyle, "Walking the Walk - Creating an Effective Regional Alignment Strategy for the U.S. Army." Strategic Studies Institute, November 2014. [link]

Lyle, David S., John Z. Smith, “The Effect of High Performing Mentors on Junior Officer Promotion in the US Army” Journal of Labor Economics, v32 no.2, April 2014, 229-258. [link]

Colarusso, Mike, and David S. Lyle, “Senior Officer Talent Management, Fostering Institutional Adaptability.” Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College Press: Carlisle, Pennsylvania, February 2014.[link]

Wallace, Roy A, David S. Lyle, John Z. Smith, “A Framework for Restructuring the Military Retirement System. Strategic Studies Institute. July 2013. [link]

Causey, Marlin Wayne, Scott R. Steele, Zachary Farris, David S. Lyle, Alan L. Beitler, “An Assessment of Different Scoring Systems in Cirrhotic Patients Undergoing Nontransplant Surgery.” American Journal of Surgery, 203, 2012, 589-593. [link]

Autor, David H., Mark G. Duggan, and David S. Lyle, “Battle Scars? The Puzzling Decline in Employment and Rise in Disability Receipt among Vietnam Era Veterans.” American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 101:3. 2011, 339-344. [link]

Dabkowski, Mathew, Samuel Huddleston, Paul Kucik, and David S. Lyle, “Shaping Senior Leader Officer Talent: Using a Multi-dimensional Model of Talent to Analyze the Effect of Personnel Management Decisions and Attrition on the Flow of Army Officer Talent Throughout the Officer Career Model.” submitted to the Proceedings of the Informs 2011 Winter Simulation Conference, December, 2011. [link]

Dabkowski, Mathew, Samuel Huddleston, Paul Kucik, and David S. Lyle, “Shaping Senior Leader Officer Talent: How Personnel Management Decisions and Attrition Impact the Flow of Army Officer Talent Throughout the Officer Career Model.” Proceedings of the Informs 2010 Winter Simulation Conference, December, 2010. [link]

Wardynski, Casey, David S. Lyle, Mike Colarusso, “Towards a U.S. Army Officer Corps Strategy: Employing Talent.” Strategic Studies Institute, v6 May, 2010. [link]

Wardynski, Casey, David S. Lyle, Mike Colarusso, “Towards a U.S. Army Officer Corps Strategy for Success: Developing Talent.” Strategic Studies Institute, v5 March, 2010. [link]

Engel, Rozlyn, Luke Gallagher, and David S. Lyle, “Military Deployments and Children’s Academic Achievement: Evidence from Department of Defense Education Activity Schools.” Economics of Education Review, v29 (1). February 2010, 73-82. [link]

Wardynski, Casey, David S. Lyle, Mike Colarusso, “Towards a U.S. Army Officer Corps Strategy: Accessing Talent: The Foundation of a U.S. Army Officer Corps Strategy.” Strategic Studies Institute, v4 February, 2010. [link]

Wardynski, Casey, David S. Lyle, Mike Colarusso, “Towards a U.S. Army Officer Corps Strategy: Retaining Talent.” Strategic Studies Institute, v3 January, 2010. [link]

Wardynski, Casey, David S. Lyle, Mike Colarusso, “Towards a U.S. Army Officer Corps Strategy: Talent: Implications for a U.S. Army Officer Corps Strategy.” Strategic Studies Institute, v2 November, 2009. [link]

Lyle, David S. “The Effects of Peer Heterogeneity on the Production of Human Capital at West Point.” American Economic Journal (Applied), v1 (4), October 2009, 69-84. [link]

Wardynski, Casey, David S. Lyle, Mike Colarusso, “Towards a U.S. Army Officer Corps Strategy: A Proposed Human Capital Model Focused Upon Talent.” Strategic Studies Institute, v1 April, 2009. [link]

Wardynski, Casey, David S. Lyle, William E. Mohr, “Developing an Engineer Leader Technical Competency Strategy: Accessing, Developing, Retaining, and Employing Talent.” Engineer, April-June 2008. [link]

Lyle, David S. “Estimating and Interpreting Peer and Role Model Effects from Randomly Assigned Social Groups at West Point.” Review of Economics and Statistics, v89 no.2, May 2007, 289-99. [link]

Lyle, David S. “Using Military Deployments and Job Assignments to Estimate the Effect of Parental Absences and Household Relocations on Children’s Academic Achievement.” Journal of Labor Economics, v24 no.2, April 2006, 319-50. [link]

Acemoglu, Daron, David Autor, and David S. Lyle, “Women, War, and Wages: The Effect of Female Labor Supply on the Wage Structure at Mid-Century.” Journal of Political Economy, v112 no.3, June 2004, 497-551. [link]

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