Emily Oster
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American economist
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Emily Fair Oster is an American economist and author. She is currently the JJE Goldman Sachs University Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs at Brown University, where she has taught since 2015. Her research interests span from development economics and health economics to research design and experimental methodology. Her research has received exposure among non-economists through The Wall Street Journal, the book SuperFreakonomics, and her 2007 TED Talk.
Emily Oster's Published Works
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Published Works
- Unobservable Selection and Coefficient Stability: Theory and Evidence (2019) (1948)
- The Power of TV: Cable Television and Women's Status in India (2007) (798)
- Unobservable Selection and Coefficient Stability: Theory and Validation (2013) (300)
- Menstruation, Sanitary Products, and School Attendance: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation (2011) (225)
- HIV and Sexual Behavior Change: Why Not Africa? (2007) (207)
- Site Selection Bias in Program Evaluation (2014) (206)
- Hepatitis B and the Case of the Missing Women (2005) (202)
- DETERMINANTS OF TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION: PEER EFFECTS IN MENSTRUAL CUP TAKE-UP (2012) (200)
- Sexually Transmitted Infections, Sexual Behavior, and the HIV/AIDS Epidemic (2005) (185)
- Routes of Infection: Exports and HIV Incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa (2007) (168)
- Witchcraft, Weather and Economic Growth in Renaissance Europe (2004) (151)
- Limited Life Expectancy, Human Capital and Health Investments. (2013) (139)
- Optimal Expectations and Limited Medical Testing: Evidence from Huntington Disease (2011) (137)
- Does Increased Access Increase Equality? Gender and Child Health Investments in India (2006) (136)
- Optimal Expectations and Limited Medical Testing: Evidence from Huntington Disease: Corrigendum. (2013) (116)
- Determinants of Technology Adoption: Private Value and Peer Effects in Menstrual Cup Take-Up (2009) (108)
- Contracting for Health: Evidence from Cambodia (2006) (104)
- Why Is Infant Mortality Higher in the United States Than in Europe? (2016) (99)
- Economic consequences of not recognizing bipolar disorder patients: a cross-sectional descriptive analysis. (2003) (98)
- Economic burden of osteoporosis, breast cancer, and cardiovascular disease among postmenopausal women in an employed population. (2005) (86)
- Are All Lotteries Regressive? Evidence from the Powerball (2004) (84)
- Do IT service centers promote school enrollment? Evidence from India☆ (2013) (82)
- Does Disease Cause Vaccination? Disease Outbreaks and Vaccination Response (2016) (67)
- Genetic Adverse Selection: Evidence from Long-Term Care Insurance and Huntington Disease (2009) (60)
- Do Call Centers Promote School Enrollment? Evidence from India (2010) (53)
- Effectiveness of three versus six feet of physical distancing for controlling spread of COVID-19 among primary and secondary students and staff: A retrospective, state-wide cohort study (2021) (51)
- Diabetes and Diet: Purchasing Behavior Change in Response to Health Information (2018) (51)
- Hepatitis B Does Not Explain Male-Biased Sex Ratios in China (2008) (49)
- Menstruation and Education in Nepal (2009) (48)
- Pandemic Schooling Mode and Student Test Scores: Evidence from US States (2021) (37)
- Fear of health insurance loss among individuals at risk for Huntington disease (2008) (37)
- Approaches and costs for sharing clinical research data. (2014) (35)
- Weighting for External Validity (2017) (30)
- Cost of stress urinary incontinence: a claims data analysis. (2004) (29)
- Cost of Stress Urinary Incontinence (2004) (28)
- Disparities in Learning Mode Access Among K–12 Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic, by Race/Ethnicity, Geography, and Grade Level — United States, September 2020–April 2021 (2021) (28)
- PSACALC: Stata module to calculate treatment effects and relative degree of selection under proportional selection of observables and unobservables (2016) (26)
- Why is Infant Mortality Higher in the Us than in Europe? (2014) (25)
- Estimating HIV Prevalence and Incidence in Africa from Mortality Data (2010) (24)
- Changes in Household Diet: Determinants and Predictability (2018) (22)
- The impact of school opening model on SARS-CoV-2 community incidence and mortality (2021) (21)
- A Simple Approximation for Evaluating External Validity Bias (2017) (21)
- New Cellular Networks in Malawi: Correlates of Service Rollout and Network Performance (2010) (20)
- Optimal Expectations and Limited Medical Testing: Evidence from Huntington Disease: Corrigendum (2016) (19)
- Knowledge of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination act among individuals affected by Huntington disease (2013) (17)
- Corrigendum to: Effectiveness of 3 Versus 6 ft of Physical Distancing for Controlling Spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Among Primary and Secondary Students and Staff: A Retrospective, Statewide Cohort Study (2022) (16)
- Health Recommendations and Selection in Health Behaviors (2020) (15)
- On Explaining Asia's "Missing Women": Comment on Das Gupta (2006) (14)
- Assessing the economic impact of chronic conditions in postmenopausal women (2005) (13)
- Menstruation and Education in Nepal. NBER Working Paper No. 14853. (2009) (11)
- COVID-19 Mitigation Practices and COVID-19 Rates in Schools: Report on Data from Florida, New York and Massachusetts (2021) (9)
- Diabetes and Diet: Behavioral Response and the Value of Health (2015) (7)
- Informativeness of Early Huntington Disease Signs about Gene Status. (2015) (7)
- Anatomy of the Beginning of the Housing Boom Across U.S. Metropolitan Areas (2018) (7)
- Sexually Transmitted Infections , Sexual Behavior Change and the HIV / AIDS Epidemic (2004) (6)
- Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong-and What You Really Need to Know (2013) (6)
- Explaining Asia ’ s “ Missing Women ” : A New Look at the Data – Comment (2005) (6)
- Behavioral Feedback: Do Individual Choices Influence Scientific Results? (2018) (6)
- Proximate Sources of Population Sex Imbalance in India (2009) (6)
- Dreaming Big : Why Do People Play the Powerball ? (2002) (5)
- Appendix for “ Optimal Expectations and Limited Medical Testing ” (2012) (4)
- Expert Behavior Change in Response to Best Practice Changes : Evidence from Obstetrics ∗ (2018) (4)
- The Impact of School Opening Model on SARS-CoV-2 Community Incidence and Mortality: A Nationwide Cohort Study (2021) (4)
- Unobservable Selection and Coecient Stability: Theory and Validation in Public Health (2013) (4)
- Beyond past due: data to guide US school reopenings (2021) (3)
- Sexually Transmitted Infections, Behavior Change and the Hiv/Aids Epidemic (2004) (2)
- Appendix for Menstruation , Sanitary Products and School Attendance (2010) (2)
- Inaugural Huntington Disease Clinical Research Symposium Organized by the Huntington Study Group (2011) (2)
- The Advice We Give to Pregnant Women: Sleep On It. (2019) (2)
- Influence of Insurance on the Decision to Pursue Genetic Testing in Individuals at Risk for Huntington’s Disease (2008) (2)
- Replication data for: Diabetes and Diet: Purchasing Behavior Change in Response to Health Information (2019) (1)
- Poster 21: Insurance Ownership and Genetic Risk (2009) (1)
- Replication data for: Menstruation, Sanitary Products, and School Attendance: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation (2019) (1)
- The Power of TV: Women's Status in India and the Role of Cable Television (2008) (1)
- Anatomy of the Beginning of the Great Housing Boom∗ (2017) (0)
- Does a Rising Tide Lift All Boats Evenly?Health Investments and Gender Inequality in India (2006) (0)
- Reply to Author. (2021) (0)
- SITE SELECTION BIAS IN PROGRAM EVALUATION Site Selection Bias in Program Evaluation (2014) (0)
- Beyond past due: data to guide US school reopenings (2021) (0)
- Reply to Klein and Harris. (2022) (0)
- Author Correction: The impact of school opening model on SARS-CoV-2 community incidence and mortality (2022) (0)
- Lack of Association between Pandemic School Mode Policy and Pediatric Body Mass Index Percentile over Time. (2022) (0)
- Online Appendix for: Health Recommendations and Selection in Health Behaviors (2019) (0)
- 397. Impact of School Opening Model on Cases of SARS-CoV-2 in Surrounding Communities: A Nationwide, Retrospective Cohort Study (2021) (0)
- PWM7: ECONOMIC BURDEN OF OSTEOPOROSIS, BREAST CANCER, AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AMONG WOMEN (2003) (0)
- NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES SO YOU WANT TO RUN AN EXPERIMENT, NOW WHAT? SOME SIMPLE RULES OF THUMB FOR OPTIMAL EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN John A. List (2010) (0)
- Do Call Centers Promote Education? Evidence from India (2010) (0)
- Emily Oster on “Cribsheet” (2019) (0)
- Second Annual Huntington Disease Clinical Research Symposium (2011) (0)
- 2 The Harvard College Economist Thank You (2001) (0)
- Author Correction: The impact of school opening model on SARS-CoV-2 community incidence and mortality (2022) (0)
- PMH31: PATTERNS OF TREATMENT AMONG BIPOLAR DISORDER PATIENTS TREATED WITH ANTIDEPRESSANTS (2003) (0)
- PMH29: ECONOMIC BURDEN OF NOT RECOGNIZING BIPOLAR DISORDER PATIENTS (2003) (0)
- Under the Right Conditions, Center-Based Child Care is an Unlikely COVID-19 Threat to Staff (2020) (0)
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