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Emily Oster
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Emily Oster is an American economist and author who applies data-driven analysis to decisions about pregnancy, parenting, and family life.
Biography
Emily Fair Oster is an American economist and professor of economics at Brown University, where she has taught since 2015. Since 2019, she has held the Royce Family Professorship of Teaching Excellence. Her research interests include development economics, health economics, research design, and experimental methodology. Her work has reached audiences outside economics through The Wall Street Journal, SuperFreakonomics, and her 2007 TED Talk.
Oster is the author of Expecting Better, Cribsheet, The Family Firm, and The Unexpected, which present data-driven approaches to pregnancy and parenting decisions. She also founded ParentData.org, a platform providing data-driven parenting information. Her parenting writing examines evidence behind common advice and considers the tradeoffs families face when making choices.
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Books by Emily Oster
Cribsheet
Cribsheet examines evidence behind advice about early parenting, including feeding, sleep training, potty training, language development, and toddler discipline. It uses a data-driven approach to help parents weigh tradeoffs in decisions about childcare, returning to work, and balancing parenting with a relationship.