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Emily Oster

@profemilyoster

Data-Driven Pregnancy and Parenting
Economist @BrownUniversity
Author #ExpectingBetter, #Cribsheet, #FamilyFirm, #TheUnexpected
CEO of ParentData.org 👇

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ParentData got a redesign -- easier to search, easier to browse, easier to get answers to your questions. Check it out here! parentdata.org

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ParentData has a new area: Trying to Conceive. If you are looking for fertility information -- everything from ovulation windows to infertility treatments to donor eggs, check us out. parentdata.org/category/tryin…

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If you've benefited from our state assessment data, please consider supporting the project statetestscoreresults.substack.com/p/a-request-fo…

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This week's most popular ParentData post: Can I vaccinate my baby for measles early? Surprising timeline we're in here. parentdata.org/can-i-vaccinat…

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Pregnant women get a lot of pressure to buy expensive prenatal vitamins. This is crap, and exploits parental anxiety. Cheap prenatal vitamins are fine. Here's the data. parentdata.org/prenatal-vitam…

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Is there a "best" way to discipline kids? Do you have to "gentle parent"? Do time-outs ruin your child? And what would "best" mean, anyway? I investigate: parentdata.org/what-is-the-be…

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There are a lot of panic headlines about arsenic in rice right now. Reality: less arsenic is always better BUT the amounts are A LOT lower than in places where we see impacts. parentdata.org/qa-arsenic-in-…

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I've got something tomorrow in The Dispatch about why the concept of "pooling equilibrium" can actually help us understand online health influencers... Read it here tomorrow: thedispatch.com

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Today in ParentData: can I drink alcohol while nursing? (And other breastfeeding diet questions) parentdata.org/diet-and-breas…

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A cheat sheet for the MAHA commission report. All the data and context for the many claims, some better supported than others parentdata.org/cheat-sheet-fo…

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The fake AI citations in the MAHA report are obviously embarrassing. But worse is what this says about how they are evaluating the real studies -- so much work in this space is just garbage correlation-not-causation. I cannot imagine they are thinking about evidence quality.