Dr Birgitta Rabe Reader, 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 3 publications

1. Examining home movers and how they impact on ownership and housebuilding

   Birgitta Rabe and Brian Green

   Book Chapter, Housing Market Intelligence Report 2012 - 2012

2. Moving home: wishes, expectations, and reasons

   Birgitta Rabe

   Book Chapter, Understanding Society: findings 2012 - 28 Feb 2012
   1. Area Effects
   2. Migration
   3. Housing Market

3. Local environments

   Nick Buck and Birgitta Rabe

   Book Chapter, Understanding Society: early findings from the first wave of the UK's household longitudinal study, Ch. 11 - 2011
   1. Environmental Sociology
   2. Social Groups
   3. Area Effects
   4. Social Capital

Media

Displaying media publications 1 - 15 of 73 in total

1. Good Ofsted rating can mean parents become complacent

   Media - 20 May 2019

2. Why a good Ofsted report can be bad for GCSE results

   Media - 19 May 2019

3. GCSE grades 'drop' after successful Ofsted inspections

   Media - 19 May 2019

4. The negative impact of positive Ofsted ratings

   Media - 19 May 2019

5. O brother, where art thou?

   Media - 06 Dec 2017

6. 30 hours of free childcare likely to boost parental employment only slightly

   Media - 02 Dec 2016

7. 30 hours of free childcare likely to boost parental employment only slightly

   Media - 01 Dec 2016

8. A cautionary tale for politicians pushing universal preschool

   Media - 20 Jun 2016

9. Evidence of free hours’ benefits is lacking

   Media - 13 Jun 2016

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

    Media - 25 May 2016

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

    Media - 24 May 2016

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

    Media - May 2016

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

    Media - Jan 2016

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

    Media - 30 Mar 2015

15. Free nursery places 'make no academic difference'

    Media - 30 Mar 2015