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David Card on navigating the publication process in economics. Full interview: simonbowmaker.com/s/Card.pdf

Wow. Hats off to Fair Fight and @RIPMedicalDebt for abolishing $212M in medical debt (face value) for 108,000 people. The need for their work in AL, GA, LA, MS highlights the need for Medicaid expansion. npr.org/2021/10/27/104…

Mein Gastbeitrag in SZ Wirtschaft: Wenn Führungskräfte Anreize haben, Mitarbeiter im Team zu halten, hat das negative Konsequenzen! Unternehmen können Produktivität steigern und Talente halten, indem sie Talententwicklung anerkennen und eine positive Mobilitätskultur schaffen.

Great writeup by Michael Mechanic of my work with on racial disparities in housing returns (joint with Amir Kermani )! Punchline: financial distress depresses the returns to homeownership for minority Americans. motherjones.com/politics/2021/… via Mother Jones

🎊#CelebratingRCTPartners: Undue Medical Debt🎊 Undue Medical Debt is helping thousands by buying and relieving medical debt. An ongoing study led by J-PAL North America affiliated researchers Wes Yin, Neale Mahoney, Francis Wong, and @ray_kluender evaluates their model: povertyactionlab.org/evaluation/for…

1/4 Yesterday, a series of J-PAL North America funded studies were highlighted in a session at ASSA Meeting. With discussants Mireille Jacobson, Sarah Miller, and Zack Cooper, @MarcellaAlsan, Matt Notowidigdo, & Francis Wong discussed their research in health care policy:

Just got a $150 reimbursement check from BCBS for workout equipment that I bought myself for Christmas. It doesn’t get more inframarginal than that.

Talent Hoarding in Organizations dlvr.it/SKJskM

Economic uncertainty hits home...ownership. Research by Amir Kermani & Francis Wong highlights how Black and White homeowners fare differently in the housing market. Dive into data presented by Minneapolis Fed’s Nina and Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute's professional age forecaster bit.ly/3iYeM9k

Thanks for the warm welcome—I’m very excited to join the LMU junior faculty!

Welcome Francis Wong to our network - we are looking forward to future cooperations Economics LMU Munich Universität München cesifo.org/en/network-mem… Check our Francis's Twitter profile x.com/francisawong

So excited to present "The Broken Rung: Gender and the Leadership Gap" at #NBERSI Labor/Personnel today @ 1:15pm. Tune in if you're curious about how new job application and survey data reveal the role of an understudied feature of promotions: team leadership!

New data shows that the uninsurance rate in the US is at an all-time low. A quick thread on what we know about the causal impact of insurance as Congress considers whether or not to extend the enhanced marketplace tax credits that are so instrumental in keeping coverage high. 🧵

Very happy that my jmp is forthcoming at the AEJ: Applied. Thanks to everyone who helped me throughout this process!

1/ 🚨NEW #RCT Results🚨 A new NÉBER JÁNOS working paper from Neale Mahoney, Wes Yin, @ray_kluender, & Francis Wong reports the results of a J-PAL North America-supported #RCT of the impact medical debt relief: nber.org/system/files/w…

A large medical debt relief experiment finds no effects on financial outcomes, health, and healthcare utilization, and moderate reduction in payments of existing medical bills, from @ray_kluender, Neale Mahoney, Francis Wong, and Wesley Yin nber.org/papers/w32315

We've received lots of questions on the implications of our medical debt study for funders of medical debt relief. New oped w/ @ray_kluender Francis Wong drawing out some lessons We’re paying off medical debt wrong  thehill.com/opinion/health…

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For many patients, receiving medical debt relief long after they are treated is too little, too late find Neale Mahoney of Stanford Economics, Francis Wong of Universität München, Wes Yin of UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs & @UCLAAnderson and Ray Kluender of Harvard Business School blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2025…