Prof Birgitta Rabe Professor, University of Essex

Birgitta Rabe
Email
brabe@essex.ac.uk
Office
2N2.6.07
Curriculum vitae

Research Interests

I am Professor of Economics at the Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, interested in applied research in education, family and labour economics. I am Co-Investigator of the ESRC Research Centre on Micro-social Change and Topic Champion on Understanding Society. Current and recent work includes:

  • Childhood obesity: impact of free lunches / breakfast / weight report cards
  • Education and schools: effects of school resources, sibling spillover effects, interactions between school quality and parental investments
  • Early child development: the effects of breastfeeding and of childcare
  • Childcare and maternal labour supply
  • COVID19 and educational inequalities
  • COVID19 school closures, mental health and labour supply

See my personal website for more information.


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Productivity of school expenditure: Differences across pupils from diverse backgrounds

The effect of school resources on test scores in England

  1. Finance
  2. Education

Who saves for retirement?

The effect of school resources on test scores in England

The effect of school resources on test scores in England


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