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The article discusses Emily Oster's rise as a data-driven parenting expert, starting with her book "Expecting Better," which challenged conventional pregnancy wisdom with statistical rigor. Oster's subsequent books, like "Cribsheet" and "The Family Firm," cater to parents seeking data-driven answers to child-rearing questions. However, critics question Oster's conclusions, particularly on topics like alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Her latest book, "The Unexpected," takes a more nuanced approach, acknowledging the limits of data in navigating pregnancy complications. The article also touches on Oster's background, controversies, and the societal implications of her parenting advice. [Extracted from the article]

WHEN HE GROWING UP, Venkatesh Mannar and his siblings treated the family saltworks as their playground: they would slide down mountains of salt drying in the sun the way other [...]

Microcredit programs make small loans to low-income individuals who lack access to traditional financial services. In Can Microfinance Unlock a Poverty Trap for Some Entrepreneurs? (NBER Working Paper 26346), Abhijit [...]

Debt finance benefits from an important tax subsidy, since firms may deduct their interest payments when computing their taxable income but they cannot deduct dividend payments to holders of equity. [...]

During the Great Recession, the United States experienced an estimated 6 million foreclosures, a steep rise in unemployment, and a sharp decline in consumer spending. The federal government responded with [...]

As access to public education spread across the United States in the early 20th century, some children benefited more than others. Children's schooling achievement was positively related to parental education, [...]

As the internet ushered in an era of low-cost, global communication, many predicted geographic distance would diminish in importance when it came to the circulation of ideas, goods, and services. [...]

It was chilly in Brooklyn on November 4, with rain on the way, so Stephen Trenchfield's mom insisted he wear his heavy jacket to school. Although he says he couldn't [...]

IN EDITH WHARTON'S TIME, the 'Grand Tour' meant a jaunt around Europe's capitals, sunning on the Riviera, and admiring ancient ruins. Similarly grand, but less well trod, is a tour [...]

Family structure in the United States underwent dramatic changes beginning in the 1960s. Divorce rates rose, marriage rates fell, and non-marital births increased. In Changes in Family Structure and Welfare [...]

Tax credits for research and development (R&D) spending were initially designed to encourage existing firms to increase their investments in R&D, and many studies suggest that these policies achieve this [...]

The 'wealth effect' is the notion that when households become richer as a result of a rise in asset values, such as corporate stock prices or home values, they spend [...]

Over the last four decades, OECD nations with lower debt-to-GDP ratios have responded to financial crises, on average, with more expansionary fiscal policy than their higher-debt counterparts. Recoveries from the [...]

American cities have historically been centers of opportunity, beckoning workers from elsewhere with the promise of economic mobility. In Work of the Past, Work of the Future (NBER Working Paper [...]

Recent economic recoveries have been characterized by slow employment growth. Various explanations have been suggested for this pattern, including labor market restructuring that creates mismatches between workers and job openings, [...]

Privately held firms account for more than half of U.S. gross output and nearly two thirds of employment, but they have been studied much less than publicly traded firms. In [...]

Market concentration in the defense industry has increased in the last three decades, leading to less competitive bidding and to more contracts that require the federal government to pay the [...]

The article profiles the startup business enterprise focused on the promotion and distribution of table salt fortified with both iodide and iron in an effort to prevent and treat iron deficiency disease and anemia among impoverished populations in India. Consultant Venkatesh Mannar's efforts to manufacture microencapsulated ferrous fumarate as a palatable and aesthetically acceptable chemical form of iron to add to salt are described.

An increasing number of students are attending for-profit colleges. These institutions receive substantial public funds through federal financial aid programs. About 17 percent of Pell grants and Stafford loans went [...]

Many individuals appear to assign probabilities to events that differ from the objective likelihood of these events taking place. Despite the demonstrably slim odds of winning the lottery, millions of [...]

On a Sunday afternoon earlier this summer, hundreds of Turkish men disappeared down a short alleyway just a five-minute walk from the Istanbul Modern art museum. Some flicked prayer beads [...]

Many affluent travelers used to consider a private villa and an after-hours museum tour the ultimate vacation -- a way to seal oneself off from the world in a bubble [...]

Now that bureaux de change are doing brisk business in rubles and yuan, it's clear there's a new world order in travel. ''People from everywhere are going everywhere,'' says Ian [...]

Beach protocol in North Africa varies greatly from country to country and beach to beach. In general, high-end private beaches that are part of a hotel property or beach clubs [...]

The Centre Pompidou, Paris's contemporary art behemoth, is hatching its first baby. Its new home? Metz, the capital of France's Lorraine region. The glass-walled Centre Pompidou-Metz is set to open [...]

The article presents The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) including treatments in vitro fertilization and egg freezing due to COVID-19. Topics include showing empty clinics, unmanned cryostorage tanks, thousands of frozen eggs, and embryos left to the vagaries of equipment; and collecting pricing and patient review data for fertility centers including medications.

The article offers information on the tourist attractions of North Africa's Mediterranean coast such as sand dunes, pristine beaches, and archaeological sites. It mentions the package tours of Tunisia to its archaeological sites such as Oudna, El-Jem, and Dougga. It states that hotels like Marriott Corp. and Intercontinental Travel Co. have announced the construction of large hotels in Tripoli, Libya. Moreover, the Red Sea coast in Egypt is known for its world-class diving site.

The article reports on the survey conducted by the U.S. Federal Reserve which investigates the credit loan activities of financial firms in the U.S. for 2015.