Atheendar Venkataramani
@atheendar.bsky.social
Physician and health economist.
@oppforhealthlab.bsky.social
@oppforhealthlab.bsky.social
Pinned
The Voting Rights Act (1975 Extension) and adult #mortality.
Intrigued?
See www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/tje5l...
(Full working paper forthcoming)
Intrigued?
See www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/tje5l...
(Full working paper forthcoming)
🧵/ Perceptions of falling #status have been hypothesized as a driver of worsening #mortality among #White adults in the U.S. over the last few decades.
Testing this #hypothesis is difficult.
But we think we have some #evidence in favor of it.
Testing this #hypothesis is difficult.
But we think we have some #evidence in favor of it.
Reposted by Atheendar Venkataramani
#Econsky My co-author and I have a new paper we are presenting at the AEA Meetings, papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....
In this paper we examine Difference-in-Differences (DiD) from a time series perspective and provide three main results.
In this paper we examine Difference-in-Differences (DiD) from a time series perspective and provide three main results.
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It's About Time (Series):
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A Simple Correction For Difference-in-Differences Estimators
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<p>This paper reconsiders the difference-in-differences (DiD) research design for panel data, particularly when serial correlation stems from first-order model
papers.ssrn.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:29 PM
#Econsky My co-author and I have a new paper we are presenting at the AEA Meetings, papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....
In this paper we examine Difference-in-Differences (DiD) from a time series perspective and provide three main results.
In this paper we examine Difference-in-Differences (DiD) from a time series perspective and provide three main results.
If you are interested:
-In a multi-level community #intervention that dramatically reduced #crime and has an MVPF of ♾️
or
-A new measure of #wellbeing that strongly and independently predicts #health
or
-new insights on the #population health in the U.S. and its drivers
then stay tuned.
-In a multi-level community #intervention that dramatically reduced #crime and has an MVPF of ♾️
or
-A new measure of #wellbeing that strongly and independently predicts #health
or
-new insights on the #population health in the U.S. and its drivers
then stay tuned.
Happy New Year from all of us at Opportunity for Health!
There's a lot coming from us in 2026, including:
-Redesigned website with research summaries
-Findings from the first ever Stuckness in America Survey
-Results from the IGNITE Study of Concentrated Investment in Low-Income Neighborhoods
There's a lot coming from us in 2026, including:
-Redesigned website with research summaries
-Findings from the first ever Stuckness in America Survey
-Results from the IGNITE Study of Concentrated Investment in Low-Income Neighborhoods
January 4, 2026 at 6:48 PM
If you are interested:
-In a multi-level community #intervention that dramatically reduced #crime and has an MVPF of ♾️
or
-A new measure of #wellbeing that strongly and independently predicts #health
or
-new insights on the #population health in the U.S. and its drivers
then stay tuned.
-In a multi-level community #intervention that dramatically reduced #crime and has an MVPF of ♾️
or
-A new measure of #wellbeing that strongly and independently predicts #health
or
-new insights on the #population health in the U.S. and its drivers
then stay tuned.
I am presenting this at the #ASSA meeting tomorrow -- 15 years after I first presented an earlier version at the same conference.
In between I've had a family and a whole career.
Play the "Top 5" game at your own risk, kids.
In between I've had a family and a whole career.
Play the "Top 5" game at your own risk, kids.
The first antibiotics reduced childhood pneumonia, boosting adult human capital and income. However, discriminatory institutions curtailed long-run gains from a healthy start, from Sonia R. Bhalotra, Damian Clarke, and Atheendar Venkataramani www.nber.org/papers/w34606
January 2, 2026 at 9:45 PM
I am presenting this at the #ASSA meeting tomorrow -- 15 years after I first presented an earlier version at the same conference.
In between I've had a family and a whole career.
Play the "Top 5" game at your own risk, kids.
In between I've had a family and a whole career.
Play the "Top 5" game at your own risk, kids.
Reposted by Atheendar Venkataramani
Happy New Year from all of us at Opportunity for Health!
There's a lot coming from us in 2026, including:
-Redesigned website with research summaries
-Findings from the first ever Stuckness in America Survey
-Results from the IGNITE Study of Concentrated Investment in Low-Income Neighborhoods
There's a lot coming from us in 2026, including:
-Redesigned website with research summaries
-Findings from the first ever Stuckness in America Survey
-Results from the IGNITE Study of Concentrated Investment in Low-Income Neighborhoods
January 2, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Happy New Year from all of us at Opportunity for Health!
There's a lot coming from us in 2026, including:
-Redesigned website with research summaries
-Findings from the first ever Stuckness in America Survey
-Results from the IGNITE Study of Concentrated Investment in Low-Income Neighborhoods
There's a lot coming from us in 2026, including:
-Redesigned website with research summaries
-Findings from the first ever Stuckness in America Survey
-Results from the IGNITE Study of Concentrated Investment in Low-Income Neighborhoods
Reposted by Atheendar Venkataramani
The first antibiotics reduced childhood pneumonia, boosting adult human capital and income. However, discriminatory institutions curtailed long-run gains from a healthy start, from Sonia R. Bhalotra, Damian Clarke, and Atheendar Venkataramani www.nber.org/papers/w34606
January 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The first antibiotics reduced childhood pneumonia, boosting adult human capital and income. However, discriminatory institutions curtailed long-run gains from a healthy start, from Sonia R. Bhalotra, Damian Clarke, and Atheendar Venkataramani www.nber.org/papers/w34606
It's neat how you can leverage qualitative historical analysis
Our ppr: ⬆️ early exposure to #antibiotics, ⬇️ pneumonia in infancy, ⬆️ long-run economic outcomes.
Historical record: pharmacists shaped access to antibiotics
Our data: long-run impacts ⬆️ with baseline shr of pharmacists per cap.
Our ppr: ⬆️ early exposure to #antibiotics, ⬇️ pneumonia in infancy, ⬆️ long-run economic outcomes.
Historical record: pharmacists shaped access to antibiotics
Our data: long-run impacts ⬆️ with baseline shr of pharmacists per cap.
December 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
It's neat how you can leverage qualitative historical analysis
Our ppr: ⬆️ early exposure to #antibiotics, ⬇️ pneumonia in infancy, ⬆️ long-run economic outcomes.
Historical record: pharmacists shaped access to antibiotics
Our data: long-run impacts ⬆️ with baseline shr of pharmacists per cap.
Our ppr: ⬆️ early exposure to #antibiotics, ⬇️ pneumonia in infancy, ⬆️ long-run economic outcomes.
Historical record: pharmacists shaped access to antibiotics
Our data: long-run impacts ⬆️ with baseline shr of pharmacists per cap.
Reposted by Atheendar Venkataramani
Monet’s palette included new inventions—chrome yellow, cobalt blue, emerald green.
He painted with the chemistry of his century.
He painted with the chemistry of his century.
December 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Monet’s palette included new inventions—chrome yellow, cobalt blue, emerald green.
He painted with the chemistry of his century.
He painted with the chemistry of his century.
Reposted by Atheendar Venkataramani
Also really impt to not think of policy's impacts as binary ("no impact" vs "game-changer"), but instead ask how big the impacts will be for whom over how long.
Something can be really important even if it doesn't decide the next election.
URL: t.co/BSULxDGRzF
Something can be really important even if it doesn't decide the next election.
URL: t.co/BSULxDGRzF
December 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Also really impt to not think of policy's impacts as binary ("no impact" vs "game-changer"), but instead ask how big the impacts will be for whom over how long.
Something can be really important even if it doesn't decide the next election.
URL: t.co/BSULxDGRzF
Something can be really important even if it doesn't decide the next election.
URL: t.co/BSULxDGRzF
IT LIVES!
First draft: 2011
This draft: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xh3sg...
In between: 12 years of being under review (of which half are on us). +1 coauthor. For me personally: a few moves, a few jobs, a few kids.
First draft: 2011
This draft: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xh3sg...
In between: 12 years of being under review (of which half are on us). +1 coauthor. For me personally: a few moves, a few jobs, a few kids.
December 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
IT LIVES!
First draft: 2011
This draft: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xh3sg...
In between: 12 years of being under review (of which half are on us). +1 coauthor. For me personally: a few moves, a few jobs, a few kids.
First draft: 2011
This draft: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xh3sg...
In between: 12 years of being under review (of which half are on us). +1 coauthor. For me personally: a few moves, a few jobs, a few kids.
Reposted by Atheendar Venkataramani
LDI Fellow Paula Chatterjee & LDI Exec Director @rachelwerner.bsky.social & analyst Eliza Macneal completed the analysis of the Rural Health Transformation Program in response to a request from Ranking Member Ron Wyden of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance.
See here: ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...
See here: ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...
Analysis of the Rural Health Transformation Program
LDI Executive Director Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD and LDI Fellow Paula Chatterjee, MD, MPH and analyst Eliza Macneal completed an analysis of the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) in response ...
ldi.upenn.edu
December 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
LDI Fellow Paula Chatterjee & LDI Exec Director @rachelwerner.bsky.social & analyst Eliza Macneal completed the analysis of the Rural Health Transformation Program in response to a request from Ranking Member Ron Wyden of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance.
See here: ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...
See here: ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...
Reposted by Atheendar Venkataramani
What if we could harness the complexity of the real world to guide clinical questions?
Atheen Venkataramani and Lizzie Bair explore this in their new paper by diving into how real-world shocks and policy changes could help answer the Q: Does this treatment work?
evidence.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Atheen Venkataramani and Lizzie Bair explore this in their new paper by diving into how real-world shocks and policy changes could help answer the Q: Does this treatment work?
evidence.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Natural Experiments to Inform Clinical Practice
Natural experiments refer to events or practices that result in similar individuals
receiving different services or interventions for arbitrary reasons. In the clinical
context, researchers may wis...
evidence.nejm.org
April 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
What if we could harness the complexity of the real world to guide clinical questions?
Atheen Venkataramani and Lizzie Bair explore this in their new paper by diving into how real-world shocks and policy changes could help answer the Q: Does this treatment work?
evidence.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Atheen Venkataramani and Lizzie Bair explore this in their new paper by diving into how real-world shocks and policy changes could help answer the Q: Does this treatment work?
evidence.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Atheendar Venkataramani
I'm really late to this paper, but wow, what an enormous data + methods + theory lift
🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
December 16, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I'm really late to this paper, but wow, what an enormous data + methods + theory lift
Interesting that it goes up to 5 years but not more, given the separation of survival curves that we saw in an older paper (which we are working on updating because of a story I can tell you over a scotch.)
December 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Interesting that it goes up to 5 years but not more, given the separation of survival curves that we saw in an older paper (which we are working on updating because of a story I can tell you over a scotch.)
My decisions (on the first round): ~10% accept with minor revisions, <10% reject
The remainder? R&R.
Because, hey, why not give a smart person another shot on an interesting idea!
The remainder? R&R.
Because, hey, why not give a smart person another shot on an interesting idea!
I was a referee for 1 paper every 1.5 wks for years. In an effort to cut down, I told myself last year that I would only review papers I was interested in/wanted to learn from.
This year? 1 paper every 2 wks.
The filter worked but you guys are writing such interesting stuff! I can't help it!
This year? 1 paper every 2 wks.
The filter worked but you guys are writing such interesting stuff! I can't help it!
December 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
My decisions (on the first round): ~10% accept with minor revisions, <10% reject
The remainder? R&R.
Because, hey, why not give a smart person another shot on an interesting idea!
The remainder? R&R.
Because, hey, why not give a smart person another shot on an interesting idea!
I was a referee for 1 paper every 1.5 wks for years. In an effort to cut down, I told myself last year that I would only review papers I was interested in/wanted to learn from.
This year? 1 paper every 2 wks.
The filter worked but you guys are writing such interesting stuff! I can't help it!
This year? 1 paper every 2 wks.
The filter worked but you guys are writing such interesting stuff! I can't help it!
December 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I was a referee for 1 paper every 1.5 wks for years. In an effort to cut down, I told myself last year that I would only review papers I was interested in/wanted to learn from.
This year? 1 paper every 2 wks.
The filter worked but you guys are writing such interesting stuff! I can't help it!
This year? 1 paper every 2 wks.
The filter worked but you guys are writing such interesting stuff! I can't help it!
Reposted by Atheendar Venkataramani
Researchers often look at averages, missing nuances of how health interventions work for some but backfire for others. With visualizations inspired by the "Statistical Physics for Babies" board book, Neil Christy and Amanda Kowalski are advancing health econometrics.
arxiv.org/abs/2412.16352
arxiv.org/abs/2412.16352
December 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Researchers often look at averages, missing nuances of how health interventions work for some but backfire for others. With visualizations inspired by the "Statistical Physics for Babies" board book, Neil Christy and Amanda Kowalski are advancing health econometrics.
arxiv.org/abs/2412.16352
arxiv.org/abs/2412.16352
Reposted by Atheendar Venkataramani
While there may be an allure to various types of missing-data "correction," it's wise to be wary.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
December 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
While there may be an allure to various types of missing-data "correction," it's wise to be wary.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Reposted by Atheendar Venkataramani
Academic public engagement can go wrong in two ways:
1. It appeals to academic authority but is not backed up by solid research.
2. It is backed up by solid research but the caveats are gone and results are oversold.
1. It appeals to academic authority but is not backed up by solid research.
2. It is backed up by solid research but the caveats are gone and results are oversold.
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Academic public engagement can go wrong in two ways:
1. It appeals to academic authority but is not backed up by solid research.
2. It is backed up by solid research but the caveats are gone and results are oversold.
1. It appeals to academic authority but is not backed up by solid research.
2. It is backed up by solid research but the caveats are gone and results are oversold.
Reposted by Atheendar Venkataramani
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Kate Ho, the John L. Weinberg Professor at Princeton and a Fellow of the Econometric Society. Kate was a brilliant IO economist and scholar whose impact on the profession will resonate for many years to come www.econometricsociety.org/publications...
In Memoriam: Kate Ho - The Econometric Society
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Kate Ho, the John L. Weinberg Professor of Economics and Business...
www.econometricsociety.org
December 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Kate Ho, the John L. Weinberg Professor at Princeton and a Fellow of the Econometric Society. Kate was a brilliant IO economist and scholar whose impact on the profession will resonate for many years to come www.econometricsociety.org/publications...
This is my favorite thing to do.
You can do this right now:
Think of a person who wrote a paper you love, whose work influenced or helped you, or has made your professional life better.
Search up their email address. Shoot them a quick email of thanks. It means so, so much. This is a rough time of year, share some joy.
Think of a person who wrote a paper you love, whose work influenced or helped you, or has made your professional life better.
Search up their email address. Shoot them a quick email of thanks. It means so, so much. This is a rough time of year, share some joy.
December 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This is my favorite thing to do.
Reposted by Atheendar Venkataramani
Cancer-drug trials under enroll patients at high risk of serious adverse events and underestimate drug-induced harms. Regulating representativeness could improve external validity, from Jason Abaluck, @leilaagha.bsky.social, and Sachin Shah www.nber.org/papers/w34534
December 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Cancer-drug trials under enroll patients at high risk of serious adverse events and underestimate drug-induced harms. Regulating representativeness could improve external validity, from Jason Abaluck, @leilaagha.bsky.social, and Sachin Shah www.nber.org/papers/w34534
Reposted by Atheendar Venkataramani
110% what Zack Cooper says. Debating health insurance subsidies is looking in the wrong place. Monopoly power by hospitals and insurers is killing our economy, and literally, some of us.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/o...
Opinion | $27,000 a Year for Health Insurance. How Can We Afford That?
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
110% what Zack Cooper says. Debating health insurance subsidies is looking in the wrong place. Monopoly power by hospitals and insurers is killing our economy, and literally, some of us.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/o...
What happens to self-reported race/ethnicity when you change the way you ask it?
There is some discordance.
And it is consequential for estimating quantities of interest, like disease risks by population group.
See our ppr: arxiv.org/pdf/2501.023...
#econsky #medsky
@johnmullahy.bsky.social
There is some discordance.
And it is consequential for estimating quantities of interest, like disease risks by population group.
See our ppr: arxiv.org/pdf/2501.023...
#econsky #medsky
@johnmullahy.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
What happens to self-reported race/ethnicity when you change the way you ask it?
There is some discordance.
And it is consequential for estimating quantities of interest, like disease risks by population group.
See our ppr: arxiv.org/pdf/2501.023...
#econsky #medsky
@johnmullahy.bsky.social
There is some discordance.
And it is consequential for estimating quantities of interest, like disease risks by population group.
See our ppr: arxiv.org/pdf/2501.023...
#econsky #medsky
@johnmullahy.bsky.social