Emily Oster | |
|---|---|
 Oster in 2021 | |
| Born | February 14, 1980 |
| Occupation(s) | Professor Author |
| Spouse | Jesse Shapiro |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Sharon Oster and Ray Fair |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Harvard University |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael Kremer |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Chicago Brown University |
| Notable works | Expecting Better, Cribsheet, The Family Firm |
Emily Fair Oster (born February 14, 1980) is an American economist who has served as the Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence at Brown University since 2019, where she has been a professor of economics since 2015.[1][2] Her research interests span from development economics and health economics to research design and experimental methodology. Her research was brought to the attention of non-economists through the Wall Street Journal, the book SuperFreakonomics, and her 2007 TED Talk.
Oster is the author of four books, Expecting Better, The Family Firm,[3] The Unexpected, and Cribsheet, which discuss a data-driven approach to decision-making in pregnancy and parenting.[4][5]
- ^ https://emilyoster.net/wp-content/uploads/OsterUpdatedCV-1-1.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Green, Jaime (2019-04-23). "Is This the Millennial Parent Book?". The Cut. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
- ^ "Get Your Family Running More Smoothly With Tricks From Running Small Businesses : Life Kit". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
- ^ Louis, Catherine Saint (2013-08-19). "Pregnant, and Disputing the Doctor". Well. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
- ^ Goldstein, Dana (2021-06-22). "She Fought to Reopen Schools, Becoming a Hero and a Villain". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-06-22.