17. Emily Oster: “I Am a Woman Who Is Prominently Discussing Vaginas.”

About this episode

Emily Oster discusses her work on Covid-19 data in schools and her views on pregnancy and child-rearing.

In addition to publishing best-selling books about pregnancy and child-rearing, Emily Oster is a respected economist at Brown University. Over the course of the pandemic, she’s become the primary collector of data about Covid-19 in schools. Steve and Emily discuss how she became an advocate for school reopening, how economists think differently from the average person, and whether pregnant women really need to avoid coffee. This episode originally aired on February 26th, 2021.

People in this episode

Host: Steve

Guest: Emily Oster

Topics covered

• economics
• Covid-19
• school reopening
• pregnancy
• child-rearing

Keywords

• Emily Oster
• Covid-19
• school reopening
• pregnancy
• child-rearing
• economics
• data collection

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Brown University

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