Emily Oster

Emily Oster: Biography in Details

Who is Emily Oster?

Emily Oster is an American economics professor, author, and also newsletter writer.

She has written various popular books like Expecting Better, The Family Firm, and Cribsheet.

Emily Oster: Age, Parent, and Ethnicity

Emily was born on February 14, 1980, in New Haven, Connecticut. Her parents are  Sharon Oster and Ray Fair. Both of them are professors of economics at Yale University.

When Emily was just two years old, her parents noticed her talking to herself in her crib. Then they placed a tape recorder in her room to analyze her talks. They passed those tapes on to a linguist and psychologist they were friends with.

After analyzing Emily’s speech, they told that her language was much more complex. it was different when she was alone talking than when interacting with adults.

These stories were collected and published as a compendium in 1989 titled Narratives from the Crib. That book was reprinted in 2006.

In which school did Emily Oster attend?

Emily Oster completed her B.An in 2002 and Ph. D. in 2006. She studied at Harvard University.

Emily Oster: Career, Professional life

Emily is a professor of economics by her profession. She serves at Brown University. Before that, she was a faculty member at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

The first book she wrote was “Expecting Better”. It draws various criticism however over 100,000 copies were sold out. Likely, “Cribsheet” was published in April 2019. It was a New York bestseller. And then her third book, “The Family Firm” just came in 2021.

Furthermore. the author is also popular for her Ph.D. dissertation “Hepatitis B and the Case of the Missing Women”. She has even worked in HIV in Africa.

The economists act as an advocate during the coronavirus epidemic for opening the schools. She even launched the Covid-19 School Data Hub which includes information on the virtual and in-person status of schools across 31 states in Sep 2021.

Salary, Net Worth

Emily is one of the richest American economists. She has earned a decent net worth of around $5 million as of 2022.

Emily Oster also earns from the sales of her book on Amazon and other bookstores. Her book respectively cost from $13.99 to $15.99 for one.

Controversy

Various guidelines she provided to pregnant women in her book “Expecting Better” draws criticism.

She criticized the guideline to avoid alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Emily argued in her book that this guideline is erroneous and there is no evidence that low levels of alcohol consumption by pregnant women adversely affect their children.

This claim draws criticism from the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and others.

How tall is Emily Oster?

Emily Oster stands tall at the height of 6 feet. She has dark brown hair and usually prefers to keep it short. Likewise, her eyes are of hazel color.

Social Media

The professor has accumulated over 118K followers on her Instagram account,5K followers on Facebook, and has more than 99.3K followers on her Twitter now.

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