My research spans topics related to health, public, and urban economics. I primarily study how public policies influence risky behaviors, health outcomes, and exposure to environmental toxins. Broadly, I am interested in understanding how systems, developed by many economic policies, create and perpetuate health disparities in marginalized communities.
Ungated versions of published work are linked below when possible; please reach out via e-mail otherwise.
Ungated versions of published work are linked below when possible; please reach out via e-mail otherwise.
Peer-Reviewed PUBLICATIONS
Mask mandate costs
Patrick Carlin, Shyam Raman, Kosali Simon, Coady Wing, and Ryan Sullivan
Forthcoming - Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis [NBER WP #32349]
Media: [Bloomberg]
Recreational cannabis and opioid distribution.
Shyam Raman, Catherine Maclean, David Bradford, and Coleman Drake
2023 - Health Economics [PDF]
Media: [The Hill] [U.S. News] [NPR]
COVID-19 vaccine attributes and their impact on booster acceptance in a choice-based experiment.
Shyam Raman, Doug Kriner, Nicolas R. Ziebarth, Kosali Simon, and Sarah Kreps
2022 - Social Science and Medicine
Recreational cannabis legalization associated with reductions in Rx drug utilization among Medicaid enrollees.
Shyam Raman and Ashley C. Bradford
2022 - Health Economics [PDF] [Policy Brief]
Media: [The Hill] [LA Times] [Healthline]
Multilateralism and public support for drone warfare.
Paul Lushenko, Shyam Raman, and Sarah Kreps
2022 - Research & Politics [PDF]
Modeling elevated blood level risk across the United States.
David C. Wheeler, Joseph Boyle, Shyam Raman, and Erik J. Nelson
2021 - Science of the Total Environment [PDF]
Tracking public and private response to the COVID-19 epidemic: Evidence from state and local government actions.
Sumedha Gupta, Thuy Nguyen, Shyam Raman, BK Lee, Felipe Lozano-Rojas, Ana Bento, Kosali Simon, and Coady Wing
2021 - American Journal of Health Economics [PDF] [NBER WP #27027]
Bayesian deprivation index models for explaining variation in elevated blood lead levels among children in Maryland.
David Wheeler, Shyam Raman, Resa Jones, Mario Schootman, and Erik Nelson
2019 - Journal of Spatial and Spatiotemporal Epidemiology [PDF]
Patrick Carlin, Shyam Raman, Kosali Simon, Coady Wing, and Ryan Sullivan
Forthcoming - Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis [NBER WP #32349]
Media: [Bloomberg]
Recreational cannabis and opioid distribution.
Shyam Raman, Catherine Maclean, David Bradford, and Coleman Drake
2023 - Health Economics [PDF]
Media: [The Hill] [U.S. News] [NPR]
COVID-19 vaccine attributes and their impact on booster acceptance in a choice-based experiment.
Shyam Raman, Doug Kriner, Nicolas R. Ziebarth, Kosali Simon, and Sarah Kreps
2022 - Social Science and Medicine
Recreational cannabis legalization associated with reductions in Rx drug utilization among Medicaid enrollees.
Shyam Raman and Ashley C. Bradford
2022 - Health Economics [PDF] [Policy Brief]
Media: [The Hill] [LA Times] [Healthline]
Multilateralism and public support for drone warfare.
Paul Lushenko, Shyam Raman, and Sarah Kreps
2022 - Research & Politics [PDF]
Modeling elevated blood level risk across the United States.
David C. Wheeler, Joseph Boyle, Shyam Raman, and Erik J. Nelson
2021 - Science of the Total Environment [PDF]
Tracking public and private response to the COVID-19 epidemic: Evidence from state and local government actions.
Sumedha Gupta, Thuy Nguyen, Shyam Raman, BK Lee, Felipe Lozano-Rojas, Ana Bento, Kosali Simon, and Coady Wing
2021 - American Journal of Health Economics [PDF] [NBER WP #27027]
Bayesian deprivation index models for explaining variation in elevated blood lead levels among children in Maryland.
David Wheeler, Shyam Raman, Resa Jones, Mario Schootman, and Erik Nelson
2019 - Journal of Spatial and Spatiotemporal Epidemiology [PDF]
WORKING PAPERS
Do military targeting standards reduce civilian harm? Evidence from U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan.
Shyam Raman, Paul Lushenko and Sarah Kreps (Under Review)
Media: [Foreign Affairs] [Brookings]
Public health insurance and the spread of infectious disease.
Shyam Raman, Ben Harrell, Alex Hollingsworth, Samuel Mann, and Katherine Wen (Under Review)
Shyam Raman, Paul Lushenko and Sarah Kreps (Under Review)
Media: [Foreign Affairs] [Brookings]
Public health insurance and the spread of infectious disease.
Shyam Raman, Ben Harrell, Alex Hollingsworth, Samuel Mann, and Katherine Wen (Under Review)
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
Recreational cannabis and suicide mortality
Adverse selection in the emergency department: Physician decision making and patient outcomes.
with Stephenson Strobel and Shira Brown
Sodomy laws and uptake of post-exposure prophylaxis: Evidence from Lawrence v. Texas.
with Ben Harrell
State responses to federal funding for the AIDS drug assistance program
with Sherajum Monira Farin and Hasan Shahid
Mental health and the dependent coverage mandate
with Bryce J. Stanley
Adverse selection in the emergency department: Physician decision making and patient outcomes.
with Stephenson Strobel and Shira Brown
Sodomy laws and uptake of post-exposure prophylaxis: Evidence from Lawrence v. Texas.
with Ben Harrell
State responses to federal funding for the AIDS drug assistance program
with Sherajum Monira Farin and Hasan Shahid
Mental health and the dependent coverage mandate
with Bryce J. Stanley