Economist Emily Oster says run your family like a business
Emily Oster is an economist, known for using data to apply rational thinking to everything from COVID risk to family matters, like pregnancy and parenting. She joined The 21st to talk about her latest book, “The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years” and the pandemic.
This segment originally aired on September 20, 2021.
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Emily Oster
Economist, Brown University
The Family Firm is out August 3rd.
— ProfEmilyOster (@ProfEmilyOster) July 5, 2021
Data on older kids (school, extracurriculars, sleep, nutrition, screens) PLUS an overarching framework for household decision-making.
Get it here:https://t.co/hLQTERvv0q
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