Parenting Understood Revisited: Making Parental Decisions through Data with Professor Emily Oster


Today, we will go back to episode 20 in which we cover the important topic of using data to make parental decisions. We think this topic is a great follow up to last week’s episode on choosing a preschool. With the start of the new year, resolutions and goals are made and this can include parenting ones. This episode will help to show how you can use data to influence these future new goals or resolutions. We hope you enjoy this episode and please remember to revisit and review all our other episodes. Happy New Year!   We are excited to be joined by Professor Emily Oster. Emily is a Professor of Economics at Brown University and the author of Expecting Better, Cribsheet, and The Family Firm. 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. Emily’s books analyze the data behind choices on parenting and pregnancy. Emily will be discussing with us her most recent book, The Family Firm, which takes a data driven approach to help parents think more deliberately about key issues in the elementary school years including sleep, school, health, extra curricular activities and more. Emily will present to us how you can immediately apply frameworks and concepts to utilize the date in your life for making best decisions for your children. You can find more information on Emily Oster, her books and research, and join her bi-weekly mailing list at emilyoster.net. You can also connect with Emily via Twitter and Instagram @ProfEmilyOster