Emily Oster

9.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
48 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Emily Oster is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Gender Studies and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Emily Oster has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 9 papers in Gender Studies and 8 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Emily Oster's work include Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (7 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (7 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (6 papers). Emily Oster is often cited by papers focused on Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (7 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (7 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (6 papers). Emily Oster collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and China. Emily Oster's co-authors include Robert T. Jensen, Rebecca Thornton, Ira Shoulson, E. Ray Dorsey, Howard G. Birnbaum, Rebecca Jack, Bryce Millett Steinberg, Alice Chen, Heidi Williams and Clare Halloran and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, JAMA and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Emily Oster

47 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Unobservable Selection and Coefficient Stability: Theory and Evidence

2016 2.9k citations Emily Oster profile →
The Power of TV: Cable Television and Women's Status in India^*

2009 503 citations Emily Oster et al. profile →
Pandemic Schooling Mode and Student Test Scores: Evidence from US School Districts

2023 47 citations Rebecca Jack, Clare Halloran et al. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Emily Oster United States	26	1.8k	1.5k	823	779	759	48	5.6k
Jonah B. Gelbach United States	19	2.9k 1.6×	1.8k 1.2×	1.0k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	920 1.2×	65	6.9k
Rajeev Dehejia United States	24	3.1k 1.8×	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.4×	752 1.0×	1.6k 2.1×	68	8.4k
Matias D. Cattaneo United States	26	2.5k 1.4×	1.4k 0.9×	764 0.9×	628 0.8×	573 0.8×	63	6.4k
Sebastián Galiani United States	33	2.1k 1.2×	1.6k 1.1×	315 0.4×	586 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	189	5.5k
Todd E. Elder United States	18	1.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	560 0.7×	404 0.5×	495 0.7×	39	4.1k
Christopher Taber United States	22	2.6k 1.5×	1.4k 0.9×	859 1.0×	612 0.8×	491 0.6×	37	5.2k
Marco Caliendo Germany	34	4.0k 2.3×	1.7k 1.1×	973 1.2×	596 0.8×	933 1.2×	173	8.8k
Rohini Pande United States	40	2.8k 1.6×	2.2k 1.4×	855 1.0×	2.1k 2.8×	1.1k 1.5×	110	7.0k
Andrea Ichino Italy	33	2.9k 1.7×	1.6k 1.0×	613 0.7×	672 0.9×	954 1.3×	90	5.8k
Steven Stillman New Zealand	29	2.6k 1.4×	1.8k 1.2×	909 1.1×	437 0.6×	451 0.6×	140	5.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Emily Oster

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Fields of papers citing papers by Emily Oster

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Emily Oster

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Kahn, Michal, et al.. (2025). Does Teething Disrupt Infant Sleep? A Longitudinal Auto-Videosomnography Study. The Journal of Pediatrics. 279. 114461–114461.

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Jack, Rebecca, et al.. (2023). Pandemic Schooling Mode and Student Test Scores: Evidence from US School Districts. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 5(2). 173–190. 47 indexed citations breakdown →

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Oster, Emily, et al.. (2022). Changes in household diet: Determinants and predictability. Journal of Public Economics. 208. 104620–104620. 11 indexed citations

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Schechter‐Perkins, Elissa M., Emily Oster, Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk, et al.. (2021). The impact of school opening model on SARS-CoV-2 community incidence and mortality. Nature Medicine. 27(12). 2120–2126. 27 indexed citations

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Andrews, Isaiah & Emily Oster. (2019). A simple approximation for evaluating external validity bias. Economics Letters. 178. 58–62. 17 indexed citations

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Oster, Emily. (2019). Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool. 13 indexed citations

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Oster, Emily. (2018). Diabetes and Diet: Purchasing Behavior Change in Response to Health Information. American Economic Journal Applied Economics. 10(4). 308–348. 41 indexed citations

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Andrews, Isaiah & Emily Oster. (2017). Weighting for External Validity. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations

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Oster, Emily. (2017). Does disease cause vaccination? Disease outbreaks and vaccination response. Journal of Health Economics. 57. 90–101. 54 indexed citations

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Chen, Alice, Emily Oster, & Heidi Williams. (2016). Why Is Infant Mortality Higher in the United States than in Europe?. American Economic Journal Economic Policy. 8(2). 89–124. 95 indexed citations

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Oster, Emily. (2012). HIV and sexual behavior change: Why not Africa?. Journal of Health Economics. 31(1). 35–49. 96 indexed citations

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Oster, Emily. (2010). Estimating HIV Prevalence and Incidence in Africa from Mortality Data. The B E Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy. 10(1). 14 indexed citations

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Oster, Emily & Rebecca Thornton. (2009). Menstruation and Education in Nepal. NBER Working Paper No. 14853.. National Bureau of Economic Research. 9 indexed citations

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Oster, Emily, E. Ray Dorsey, Aileen Shinaman, et al.. (2008). Fear of health insurance loss among individuals at risk for Huntington disease. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 146A(16). 2070–2077. 23 indexed citations

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Sasser, Alicia, et al.. (2005). Assessing the economic impact of chronic conditions in postmenopausal women. Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy. 6(11). 1803–1814. 10 indexed citations

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Oster, Emily. (2005). Hepatitis B and the Case of the Missing Women. Journal of Political Economy. 113(6). 1163–1216. 103 indexed citations

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Sasser, Alicia, et al.. (2005). Economic burden of osteoporosis, breast cancer, and cardiovascular disease among postmenopausal women in an employed population. Women s Health Issues. 15(3). 97–108. 71 indexed citations

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Oster, Emily. (2004). Witchcraft, Weather and Economic Growth in Renaissance Europe. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations

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Birnbaum, Howard G., Stephanie A. Leong, Emily Oster, Kraig Kinchen, & Peter P. Sun. (2004). Cost of Stress Urinary Incontinence. PharmacoEconomics. 22(2). 95–105. 43 indexed citations

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Birnbaum, Howard G., et al.. (2003). Economic Consequences of Not Recognizing Bipolar Disorder Patients. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 64(10). 1201–1209. 82 indexed citations

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