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Emily Oster
In addition to being a professor of economics at Brown University and contributing writer at The Dispatch, Emily Oster is the founder and CEO of ParentData, a data-driven guide to pregnancy, parenting, and beyond. She is also a New York Times best-selling author, whose books include Expecting Better, Cribsheet, The Family Firm and The Unexpected.