The greatest moments are those when you see the result pop up in a graph or in your statistics analysis - that moment you realise you know something no one else does and you get the pleasure of thinking about how to tell them. Emily Oster analysisgraphgreat share on social
My first summer in college I worked in a fruit fly lab where I had two jobs: dissect the fruit fly larvae brains and incinerate the old tubes of flies. Emily Oster braincollegedissect Change image and share on social
No one likes doing chores. In happiness surveys, housework is ranked down there with commuting as activities that people enjoy the least. Maybe that's why figuring out who does which chores usually prompts, at best, tense discussion in a household and, at worst, outright fighting. Emily Oster activitybadchore share on social
Much of what I do in my job is think about whether relationships we see in data are causal, as opposed to just reflecting correlations. It's exactly these issues which come up in evaluating studies in public health. Emily Oster causalcorrelationdatum share on social
One of the big take-aways from a lot of economic theory is that people should engage in consumption smoothing. Emily Oster awaysbigconsumption Change image and share on social
Nausea is a normal but unpleasant effect of pregnancy and a really good sign that it is going well. Women who experience nausea in early pregnancy are less likely to miscarry. Emily Oster earlyeffectexperience Change image and share on social
If everyone is good at something different, assigning chores is easy. If your partner is great at grocery shopping and you are great at the laundry, you're set. But this isn't always - or even usually - the case. Emily Oster assigncasechore share on social
There is some risk to increase birth defects if you do a lot of outdoor gardening when you are pregnant. That can increase rates of toxoplasmosis. Emily Oster birthdefectgarden Change image and share on social
As people do a task, they improve at it. Emily Oster improvepeopletask Change image and share on social
