Dr Birgitta Rabe Senior Research Fellow

Email

brabe@essex.ac.uk

Telephone

01206 874594

Office

2N2.6.04 (Level 6)

Research Interests

I am an economist interested in applied research in education, family and labour economics. Some of my current and recent work includes

• Early child development: breastfeeding; child care
• Education and schools: effects of school resources; sibling spillover effects; school quality and parental investments
• Child care and maternal labour supply
• Migration and residential mobility

I was Principal Investigator of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded project “The effect of free childcare on maternal labour supply and child development". See here for a recent publication.

I am Topic Champion for education, family and data linkage on Understanding Society. Linked education records for Understanding Society are available, see here.

Publications

Displaying publications 1 - 15 of 53 in total

1. Universal pre-school education: the case of public funding with private provision

   Jo Blanden, Emilia Del Bono, Sandra McNally, et al.

   Journal Article Economic Journal - May 2016
   1. Education
   2. Child Development
   3. Economics

2. School quality and parental investments into children

   Birgitta Rabe, Ellen Greaves, Imran Rasul, et al.

   Conference Paper - 22 Jul 2015
   1. Education
   2. Child Development

3. Evaluating a demand-side approach to expanding free preschool education

   Jo Blanden, Emilia Del Bono, Kirstine Hansen, et al.

   Conference Paper - 30 Mar 2015
   1. Education
   2. Child Development
   3. Public Policy
   4. Caregiving

4. The impact of free, universal pre-school education on maternal labour supply

   Mike Brewer, Sarah Cattan, Claire Crawford, et al.

   Conference Paper - 30 Mar 2015
   1. Education
   2. Child Development
   3. Labour Economics
   4. Public Policy
   5. Caregiving

5. Clever elder children spur on siblings

   Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

   Interview - 05 Jan 2015

6. Spending it wisely: how can schools use their resources to help poorer puplis

   Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

   Report - Nov 2014
   1. Education
   2. Economics
   3. Public Policy

7. Sibling spillover effects in school achievement

   Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

   ISER Working Paper Series 2014-40 - 11 Nov 2014 - download  
   1. Education
   2. Child Development
   3. Households

8. The impact of free, universal pre-school education on maternal labour supply

   Mike Brewer, Sarah Cattan, Claire Crawford, et al.

   Report - Oct 2014
   1. Education
   2. Child Development
   3. Labour Economics
   4. Public Policy
   5. Caregiving

9. Evaluating a demand-side approach to expanding free preschool education

   J. Blanden, Emilia Del Bono, K. Hansen, et al.

   Report - Oct 2014
   1. Education
   2. Child Development
   3. Public Policy
   4. Caregiving

10. The impact of free early education for 3 year olds in England

    Mike Brewer, Sarah Cattan, Claire Crawford, et al.

    Report - 2014
    1. Education
    2. Child Development
    3. Labour Economics
    4. Public Policy
    5. Caregiving

11. School inputs and skills: complementarity and self-productivity

    Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

    ISER Working Paper Series 2013-28 - 04 Dec 2013 - download  
    1. Young People
    2. Education
    3. Finance

12. School inputs and skills: complementarity and self-productivity

    Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

    Research Paper 13/30 - Nov 2013
    1. Young People
    2. Education
    3. Finance

13. Inequality in pupils' test scores: how much do family, sibling type and neighbourhood matter?

    Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

    Journal Article Economica - Apr 2013
    1. Area Effects
    2. Education
    3. Child Development

14. Understanding Society – a geographical profile of respondents

    Jakob Petersen and Birgitta Rabe

    Understanding Society Working Paper Series 2013-01 - 14 Feb 2013 - download  
    1. Geography
    2. Demography
    3. Survey Methodology

15. Productivity of school expenditure: Differences across pupils from diverse backgrounds

    Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

    Conference Paper Second - 19 Jan 2013

Media

Displaying media publications 1 - 15 of 66 in total

1. A cautionary tale for politicians pushing universal preschool

   Media - 20 Jun 2016

2. Evidence of free hours’ benefits is lacking

   Media - 13 Jun 2016

3. Free nursery places at age three 'do not boost a child's education'

   Media - 25 May 2016

4. Free childcare 'has made no improvement in primary school exam results', research shows

   Media - 24 May 2016

5. Free pre-school education: evidence of the impact on child outcomes in primary school

   Media - May 2016

6. Universal benefits? What effect does early education have on childhood development and career choices?

   Media - Jan 2016

7. Free nursery places have 'no educational benefit', research shows

   Media - 30 Mar 2015

8. Free nursery places 'make no academic difference'

   Media - 30 Mar 2015

9. 'Little impact' from nursery places

   Media - 30 Mar 2015

10. 'Little impact' from nursery places

    Media - 30 Mar 2015

11. 'Little impact' from nursery places

    Media - 30 Mar 2015

12. 'Little impact' from nursery places

    Media - 30 Mar 2015

13. Research - report - Spending it wisely: how can schools use their resources to help poorer pupils?

    Media - 20 Jan 2015

14. Clever elder children spur on siblings

    Media - 05 Jan 2015

15. Clever elder children spur on siblings

    Media - 05 Jan 2015