Emily Oster

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. 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'', ''The Unexpected'', and ''Cribsheet'', which discuss a data-driven approach to decision-making in pregnancy and parenting. Provided by Wikipedia