@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/
@atheendar.bsky.socialWould love to see an #economics #Nobel that recognizes one of these questions:
"Do we really know what we know and how do we deal with related uncertainty?"
"What are the drivers of well-being?"
Rooting for Chuck Manski, Janet Currie tomorrow.
@johnmullahy.bsky.socialReposted by @atheendar.bsky.social"They use optical sensors to detect blood pulsing through your veins, and machine-learning models to analyze the data to estimate blood pressure. Like sleep staging, it’s an inference, not a direct measurement."
@mclem.orgReposted by @atheendar.bsky.socialThe simple truth is that the president's personal obsession with attacking @drlisadcook.bsky.social is a filthy lie. There must be not just protection for her job, but accountability for those perverting and corrupting our justice system. All Americans lose when our institutions are poisoned.
@atheendar.bsky.socialThe administrations obsession with punishing Lisa Cook is absurd and frightening.
It's not even about winning in this case. It's about creating fear and exerting control.
Horrible, horrible look for America.
@atheendar.bsky.socialThank you!
@atheendar.bsky.socialNew @oppforhealthlab.bsky.social project led by Rajvi Jasani.
@sethaberkowitz.bsky.socialReposted by @atheendar.bsky.socialI believe the updated version of this package covers that case but have not yet used myself: cran.r-project.org/web/packages...
@atheendar.bsky.socialYES!!!!!! THANKS!!!
@atheendar.bsky.social#econsky - question for you!
Is there a way to estimate quantile treatment effects in a staggered adoption DID?
Thanks!
@cdechaisemartin.bsky.social @pedrosantanna.bsky.social
@voxdev.bsky.socialReposted by @atheendar.bsky.socialExperiments in Uganda reveal that employers and workers prefer to share income through paid work rather than cash, even when the work produces nothing, suggesting that some overstaffing reflects social support rather than inefficiency.
@hthirumurthy.bsky.socialReposted by @atheendar.bsky.socialSummary below with results from 3-year study in Kenya assessing whether savings interventions can strengthen economic prospects for the future and also reduce engagement in behaviors that increase HIV/STI risk. Our results are extremely promising!
@atheendar.bsky.socialFascinating paper @hthirumurthy.bsky.social and team!!! The possibility of a bright future motivates. The possibility of a dim one does the opposite. Something I see all the time in the clinic and hospital.
@atheendar.bsky.socialYes we are really intrigued by this!! More to come!
@atheendar.bsky.socialThanks!!
@atheendar.bsky.socialIf you are interested in learning more about what we are finding, checking out this recent interview of Aditi Vasan and myself by the NYC Family Policy Project: familypolicynyc.org/2013/07/01/a...
@atheendar.bsky.socialMore to come on cluster-level hospitalizations, ED visits, as well as individual-level survey-based outcomes (where there is a very interesting pattern of attrition that reflects the success of the program more than a nuisance!).
@atheendar.bsky.socialIn 2023, we initiated an RCT in low-income Philly neighborhoods examining how neighborhood improvements and household interventions impact #health+ wellbeing.
Today at the #IAPHS conference, Evan Spencer announced how our efforts averted >1000 crimes over 2 years (2000 w/ spillovers). MVPF=♾️.
@zparolin.bsky.socialReposted by @atheendar.bsky.social"The housing shortage in the United States not only drives up rents, it is also a significant driver of poverty." The New York Times summarizes my collaboration Pew, which quantifies how high housing costs lead to higher poverty rates for 10 U.S. states. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/r...
@tammyschirle.bsky.socialReposted by @atheendar.bsky.socialNice summary of this paper by @kevinmilligan.bsky.social (w/ Baker and Gruber)
"Even after their children left preschool, mothers who had access to Quebec’s universal childcare program worked and earned more than mothers who did not."
@nber.orgReposted by @atheendar.bsky.socialGuideline and physician performance in atrial fibrillation depend on how bleeding harms vary across patients; robust treatment rules can perform well across plausible harm assumptions, from @jabaluck, @LeilaEcon, and David C. Chan Jr www.nber.org/papers/w35798
