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Atheendar Venkataramani

@atheendar.bsky.social

Physician and health economist at Penn. I study opportunity, hope, and health @oppforhealthlab.bsky.social. Personal website: https://sites.google.com/site/atheendar/

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06.03.2026 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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AI + work: Understanding AI’s impact on the labor market - The Hamilton Project On March 10,Β the Budget Lab at Yale,Β The Hamilton Project,Β andΒ Peterson Institute for International EconomicsΒ will host an eventΒ on AI’s impact on the labor market.

On Tuesday, March 10, join @budgetlab.bsky.social, @hamiltonproject.org, and @piie.com for an event on AI’s impact on the labor market. RSVP to watch in-person or online:

06.03.2026 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations!! Great placement!

05.03.2026 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Can AI Replace Social Science Researchers? No. No it can't. Come on, now.

New post: Can AI Replace Social Science Researchers? (No. No it can't. Come on, now.)

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05.03.2026 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 463    πŸ” 128    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 37
Four scatterplots compare variable Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) funding per rural resident to state characteristics. Graph A plots mortality rate vs funding; B plots projected Medicaid spending decreases vs funding; C plots change in hospital beds vs funding; D plots change in rural physicians vs funding.

Four scatterplots compare variable Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) funding per rural resident to state characteristics. Graph A plots mortality rate vs funding; B plots projected Medicaid spending decreases vs funding; C plots change in hospital beds vs funding; D plots change in rural physicians vs funding.

Current allocations under the Rural Health Transformation Program are inversely associated with rural mortality and hospital bed losses, indicating that funding may not reflect clinical need.

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05.03.2026 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Immensely grateful to share an amicus brief on birthright citizenship, submitted to SCOTUS last week.

We present esta of the impacted child population (4.8 mil children in next 20 yrs alone!) + financial contributions through 2074 under status quo ($7.7 trillion!).
Link: lnkd.in/gGXngCDY
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04.03.2026 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Public Health Under Attack: Continuity, Discontinuity, and History | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press

My new article in @jhppl.bsky.social situates the current attacks on public health in a historical perspective.

What I found surprised me. We've seen this before, and it's not as unprecedented as it feels.

Thanks to @sarahgollust.bsky.social @oberlanderunc.bsky.social for editing! Read free below.

01.03.2026 22:09 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

You can 100% do high-quality, controlled research about patients’ perceived mistreatment in healthcare.

In fact, we should. It’s a major barrier to keeping all Americans healthy.

Watch Dr. Green’s video!

01.03.2026 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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The #income-#health gradient among working-age adults in the United States in areas with high vs. low economic opportunity

@oppforhealthlab.bsky.social

27.02.2026 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great new paper in The Review of Economic Studies using randomized incentives to detect non-response bias, using administrative data to provide ground truth for comparison. While incentives increased participation, they didn't reliably reduce NR bias

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27.02.2026 10:53 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
Identification K9 puts professional ethics over personal attachments

Identification K9 puts professional ethics over personal attachments

Time to repost some causality memes #IdentificationK9

26.02.2026 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations Kate!!! Incredible placement!

25.02.2026 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is old school good politics. Clear the garbage. Clear the snow. Make like easier.

25.02.2026 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Beautiful!

25.02.2026 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A watercolour painting I did for the February 2026 Bird Whisperer challenge of two black-cheeked lovebirds sitting side by side on a branch. The lovebird on the right side of the photo has its beak slightly open and is nuzzling the lovebird on the left. The birds have mostly bright green plumage with yellow/orange necks and darker cheeks while red/brown on their crowns. Beaks are red and white at the top and hooked. The background is a mixture of soft bright yellows, pinks and greens representing the love between the pair.

A watercolour painting I did for the February 2026 Bird Whisperer challenge of two black-cheeked lovebirds sitting side by side on a branch. The lovebird on the right side of the photo has its beak slightly open and is nuzzling the lovebird on the left. The birds have mostly bright green plumage with yellow/orange necks and darker cheeks while red/brown on their crowns. Beaks are red and white at the top and hooked. The background is a mixture of soft bright yellows, pinks and greens representing the love between the pair.

Here is my entry for the #BirdWhisperer February 2026 art challenge. These two black-cheeked lovebirds found only in South-west Zambia are classified as vulnerable due to loss of habitat.
#art #watercolour #painting #sketch #drawnfreehand #lovebirds #birds #birdlover #africanbirds #nature

25.02.2026 11:30 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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XVIII Premio Fronteras del Conocimiento en EconomΓ­a a Charles Manski por incorporar la incertidumbre en la investigaciΓ³n econΓ³mica y su aplicaciΓ³n al anΓ‘lisis de las polΓ­ticas pΓΊblicas

Congratulations to Charles Manski on winning the BBVA Frontiers Award for his foundational contributions to partial identification, semiparametric methods, subjective expectations, social interactions and policy decision-making under uncertainty
www.premiosfronterasdelconocimiento.es/noticias/xvi...

25.02.2026 10:46 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

Such a good paper!! I was surprised by the finding initially and then thought its par for our course in the U.S.

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"Holiday card" - study and final.

24.02.2026 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What is child stunting β€” and how has it changed over the last 200 years?

Stunting means being too short for one’s age due to chronic undernutrition and disease in early life.

It’s one of the clearest markers of cumulative deprivation in childhood.

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23.02.2026 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Also, please share for visibility!

23.02.2026 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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AI-integrated research; a novel tradeoff and partial solution (part 1 of n) Moving all your project ideas forward by "one step" but also adding a new bottleneck

My Substack: AI-integrated research; a novel tradeoff and partial solution (part 1 of n) open.substack.com/pub/jasonmfl...

21.02.2026 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He will love to hear it. Thank you!

21.02.2026 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's the best thing to collaborate and find joy with the littles :)

21.02.2026 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I unironically love this so much.

Our sketchbooks look a lot like this. We discovered that we’re a #didsystem quite recently, and lately we’ve been relearning how to enjoy #art β€”together. The littles love to come out & make #messyart, and the bigs are learning to find beauty in the chaos. #plural

21.02.2026 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Lol that's awesome

21.02.2026 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just showed my son who called it "beautiful" and loved he palette!

20.02.2026 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'll let him know! He will be so happy

20.02.2026 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That's awesome

20.02.2026 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A green tinted watercolor painting of trees and a flower

A green tinted watercolor painting of trees and a flower

My daughter is also a painter, she’s 8 and loved his and asked me to share one of hers

20.02.2026 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0