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So 'Cribsheet,' which is your second book about child-rearing, is very much in the same spirit as 'Expecting Better,' but in many ways, I think it’s harder to write because the data are not nearly as extensive or as conclusive on child-rearing as they are on pregnancy. So how did you deal with that?

In this segment, podcast host Steve Levitt discusses Emily Oster's second book titled 'Cribsheet'. The book focuses on child-rearing, exploring insights similar to her earlier work, 'Expecting Better', while confronting the challenges due to less comprehensive data on parenting.

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And so you decided, in the midst of all your academic success, but still young and untenured, to do something that many people would perceive as crazy: you decided to write a book for a non-academic audience on pregnancy, even though you’re an economist. That book, of course, was called 'Expecting Better.'

In this episode, Steve Levitt discusses Emily Oster's decision to write 'Expecting Better', a book aimed at a non-academic audience that provides insights into pregnancy from an economist's perspective.

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Even before that, as a precocious two-year-old, her nighttime ramblings while lying alone in bed were so remarkable that they were tape-recorded and analyzed, resulting in a book called 'Narratives from the Crib,' which is still in print today more than 30 years later, now with an introduction written by Emily Oster herself.

In this segment, Steve Levitt discusses the book 'Narratives from the Crib,' which captures the fascinating nighttime observations of a two-year-old Emily Oster. The book, notable for including an introduction by Oster in its latest edition, highlights how her early expressions were tape-recorded and later analyzed.

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