Dr Birgitta Rabe Senior Research Fellow, University of Essex

Email

brabe@essex.ac.uk

Telephone

01206 874594

Office

2N2.6.04

Personal homepage

https://sites.google.com/view/birgitta-rabe/

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: the effect of breastfeeding on cognitive child outcomes; free child care and child attainment
• Education and schools: effects of school resources on school attainment; sibling spillover effects in school achievement; interactions between school quality and parental investments
• Child care and maternal labour supply
• Migration and residential mobility

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

Latest Blog Posts

Publications

Displaying all 4 publications

1. Free childcare and parents’ labour supply: is more better?

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

   Research Paper, IFS Working Paper Series, W16/22 - Dec 2016
   1. Education
   2. Labour Market
   3. Public Policy
   4. Household Economics
   5. Caregiving

2. Free childcare and parents’ labour supply: is more better?

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

   Research Paper, IZA Discussion Papers, 10415 - Dec 2016
   1. Education
   2. Labour Market
   3. Public Policy
   4. Household Economics
   5. Caregiving

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

   Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

   Research Paper, University of York Discussion Papers in Economics, 13/30 - Nov 2013
   1. Young People
   2. Education
   3. Finance

4. The effect of school resources on test scores in England

   Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

   Research Paper, University of York Discussion Papers in Economics, 12/19 - Jul 2012
   1. Education
   2. Finance

Media

Displaying media publications 31 - 45 of 69 in total

1. Free childcare for 3-year-olds: no long term benefits for child development

   Media - 22 Oct 2014

2. Research questions value of free childcare for three-year-olds

   Media - 22 Oct 2014

3. ESRC small grants are back, how can you win one?

   Media - 23 Oct 2013

4. Greater Government support needed for breastfeeding

   Media - 09 Apr 2013

5. Who saves for retirement?

   Media - 19 Nov 2012

6. Why breast is best. With research indicating that breastfeeding could increase educational attainment, parents should more seriously consider infant nourishment

   Media - 19 Nov 2012

7. Coalition steps in to prop up housing market

   Media - 12 Mar 2012

8. Up to nine in ten people who want to move are stuck

   Media - 07 Mar 2012

9. A nation of frustrated home-movers

   Media - 06 Mar 2012

10. A nation of frustrated home-movers

    Media - 06 Mar 2012

11. A nation of frustrated home-movers

    Media - 06 Mar 2012

12. Breastfeeding - how to make the difference

    Media - Feb 2012

13. Employer contributions are key for pension savings

    Media - 15 Dec 2011

14. Pensions: assessing the cost of auto-enrolment delay

    Media - 12 Dec 2011

15. Researchers claim to debunk women/pensions savings myth

    Media - 07 Dec 2011