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Emily Oster, PhD

CEO, Founder, Author, Professor

Emily Oster is a Professor of Economics at Brown University and the author of Expecting Better, Cribsheet, The Family Firm, and The Unexpected. She holds a PhD in Economics from Harvard. Prior to being at Brown she was on the faculty at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

ParentData is a data-driven guide through pregnancy, parenthood, and beyond. Founded by Emily Oster, ParentData's experts translate the latest scientific research into answers to the questions you have in your daily life.

Emily lives in Providence, RI with her husband (also an economist) and two children.

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