Emily Oster

Emily Oster is a professor of economics at Brown University. She is the author of Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong and Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, From Birth to Preschool, and organizer of COVID-Explained.

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Three Steps to Deciding How to Have a Safe-Enough Thanksgiving

Emily Oster

Oct 14, 2020 9:00 AM
A Study Shows Children Can Carry Tons of Virus. What Does That Mean for Schools?

Emily Oster

Aug 05, 2020 11:26 AM
What Day Cares and Summer Camps Can Tell Us About Reopening Schools

Emily Oster

July 31, 2020 9:35 AM
We Need to Reopen Schools. Here’s What It Would Take.

Emily Oster

July 02, 2020 2:14 PM
What We Know—and Really Don’t Know—About the Future of COVID-19 Vaccines

Jonathan D. Herman and Emily Oster

June 22, 2020 5:50 AM
Do Coronavirus Superspreaders Exist?

Emily Oster

June 01, 2020 4:54 PM
How to Think Through Choices About Grandparents, Day Care, Summer Camp, and More

Emily Oster

May 20, 2020 4:36 PM
What Does an Antibody Test False Positive Mean? What About 5,000 of Them?

Emily Oster

May 10, 2020 6:00 AM
We Can’t Get a Handle on the Coronavirus Pandemic Without Random Testing

Emily Oster

April 17, 2020 1:26 PM
For Pregnant Women Who Are Scared of Hospitals Right Now, Is Switching to Home Birth Better?

Emily Oster

March 29, 2020 4:19 PM
Is Your Toddler Straight-Up Refusing to Poop in the Toilet? Join the Club.

Emily Oster

April 25, 2019 5:45 AM
Why Parents Panic Way Too Much Over Kids Who Learn to Walk Late

Emily Oster

April 24, 2019 5:45 AM
Nearly All Infants Lose Weight After They’re Born. So Why Do Hospitals Focus on It So Obsessively?

Emily Oster

April 23, 2019 8:30 AM
When You Give Birth, Your Body … Rips. That Might Suck a Little Less if We Talked About It More.

Emily Oster

April 22, 2019 8:30 AM
Here’s Why It’s So Impossible to Get Reliable Diet Advice From the News

Emily Oster

Aug 02, 2018 12:41 PM
Taking a Pill While Watching TV Just as Good as Exercise, Study Finds

Emily Oster

Jan 06, 2014 1:47 PM
When to Give Your Newborn Baby Formula

Emily Oster

Sept 13, 2013 12:30 PM
I Wrote That It’s OK to Drink While Pregnant. Everyone Freaked Out. Here’s Why I’m Right.

Emily Oster

Sept 11, 2013 1:57 PM
Please Can I Have a Turkey Sandwich and Sleep on My Back While Pregnant?

Emily Oster

Sept 06, 2013 10:01 AM
The Best Method for Getting Pregnant (in Addition to the Obvious)

Emily Oster

Sept 04, 2013 8:30 AM