Selected Bibliography for Emily Oster
Associate Professor of Economics and Neubauer Family Faculty Fellow

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Published Works 

"The Power of TV: Cable Television and Women's Status in India*." Robert Jensen and Emily Oster; Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2009, 124(3), pp. 1057-94.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/qjec.2009.124.3.1057

"Proximate Sources of Population Sex Imbalance in India." Emily Oster; Demography, 2009, 46(2), pp. 325-39.
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/demography/v046/46.2.oster.html

"Fear of Health Insurance Loss among Individuals at Risk for Huntington Disease." Emily Oster, E. Ray Dorsey, Jan Bausch, Aileen Shinaman, Elise Kayson, David Oakes, Ira Shoulson and Kimberly Quaid; American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, 2008, 146A(16), pp. 2070-77.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.32422

"On Explaining Asia's 'Missing Women': Comment on Das Gupta." Emily Oster; Population and Development Review, 2006, 32(2), pp. 323-27.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1728-4457.2006.00120.x

The Economics of Infectious Disease; Emily Oster; Ph.D. Dissertation, Harvard University, 2006.
http://proquest.umi.com.proxy.uchicago.edu/pqdweb?did=1095458891&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=13392&RQT=309&VName=PQD

"Hepatitis B and the Case of the Missing Women." Emily Oster; Journal of Political Economy, 2005, 113(6), pp. 1163-216.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/498588

"Sexually Transmitted Infections, Sexual Behavior, and the HIV/AIDS Epidemic." Emily Oster; Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2005, 120(2), pp. 467-515.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/0033553053970160

"Witchcraft, Weather and Economic Growth in Renaissance Europe." Emily Oster; Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2004, 18(1), pp. 215-28.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/3216882

"Are All Lotteries Regressive? Evidence from the Powerball." Emily Oster; National Tax Journal, 2004, 57(2), pp. 179-87.
http://ntj.tax.org/wwtax/ntjrec.nsf/175d710dffc186a385256a31007cb40f/4fa73ec0e4d06bf185256eb3004f997b?OpenDocument

Working Papers 

New Cellular Networks in Malawi: Correlates of Service Rollout and Network Performance; Dimitrios Batzilis, Taryn Dinkelman, Emily Oster, Rebecca Thornton and Deric Zanera; NBER Working Paper Series No. 16616; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2010.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w16616

Do Call Centers Promote School Enrollment? Evidence from India; Emily Oster and M. Bryce Millett; NBER Working Paper Series   No. 15922; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2010.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w15922

Genetic Adverse Selection: Evidence from Long-Term Care Insurance and Huntington Disease; Emily Oster, Ira Shoulson, Kimberly Quaid and E. Ray Dorsey; NBER Working Paper Series No. 15326; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research 2009.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w15326

Menstruation and Education in Nepal; Emily Oster and Rebecca Thornton; NBER Working Paper Series no: 14853; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2009.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14853

Determinants of Technology Adoption: Private Value and Peer Effects in Menstrual Cup Take-Up; Emily Oster and Rebecca Thornton; NBER Working Paper Series No. 14828; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2009.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14828

Hepatitis B Does Not Explain Male-Biased Sex Ratios in China; Emily Oster and Gang Chen; NBER Working Papers Series no. 13971; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2008.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w13971

Routes of Infection: Exports and HIV Incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa; Emily Oster; NBER Working Paper Series no. 13610; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2007.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w13610

The Power of TV: Cable Television and Women's Status in India; Robert Jensen and Emily Oster; NBER Working Paper Series no. 13305; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2007.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w13305

HIV and Sexual Behavior Change: Why Not Africa?; Emily Oster; NBER Working Papers Series no. 13049; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research 2007.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w13049

Does Increased Access Increase Equality? Gender and Child Health Investments in India; Emily Oster; NBER Working Papers Series no. 12743; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2006.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w12743

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