New Book Explores How Data Can Help Parents Make Smart Decisions About School

Economist and best-selling author Emily Oster says running your household like a business could generate major dividends for your family.

By Becky Vevea
A toddler reaches for a drawing in her Florida home where her Polish-Canadian mother speaks to her in French, her father in Italian, and her Honduran nanny in Spanish.
A toddler reaches for a drawing in her Florida home. AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee
A toddler reaches for a drawing in her Florida home where her Polish-Canadian mother speaks to her in French, her father in Italian, and her Honduran nanny in Spanish.
A toddler reaches for a drawing in her Florida home. AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee

New Book Explores How Data Can Help Parents Make Smart Decisions About School

Economist and best-selling author Emily Oster says running your household like a business could generate major dividends for your family.

By Becky Vevea
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Who’s the CEO in your family? What about the CFO? Economist Emily Oster tells Reset why thinking of our families as business can help us make smart decisions about schooling and more.

GUEST: Emily Oster, economist and author of The Family Firm