Birgitta Rabe Professor of Economics, University of Essex

Email

brabe@essex.ac.uk

Telephone

01206 874594

Office

2N2.6.07

Personal homepage

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

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 Cente on Micro-social Change and of Understanding Society. Current and recent work includes:

• COVID19 and educational inequalities

• COVID19 school closures, mental health and labour supply

• Childhood obesity: impact of free lunches and of weight report cards

• Early child development: the effects of breastfeeding and of childcare

• Education and schools: effects of school resources, sibling spillover effects, interactions between school quality and parental investments
• Childcare and maternal labour supply

• Migration and residential mobility

Latest Blog Posts

Publications

Displaying publications 1 - 15 of 21 in total

1. Linked education data

   Birgitta Rabe

   Conference Paper, Understanding Society Scientific Conference 2017, 11-13 July 2017, University of Essex, Colchester, UK - 12 Jul 2017
   1. Education
   2. Research
   3. Surveys

2. School quality and parental investments into children

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

   Conference Paper, Understanding Society Scientific Conference 2015, 21-23 July 2015, University of Essex, Colchester, UK - 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, Royal Economic Society Conference 2015 - 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, Royal Economic Society Conference 2015 - 30 Mar 2015
   1. Education
   2. Child Development
   3. Labour Economics
   4. Public Policy
   5. Caregiving

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

   Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

   Conference Paper, Lisbon Research Workshop on Economics, Statistics and Econometrics of Education, Second - 19 Jan 2013

6. Who saves for retirement?

   Mark L. Bryan, Birgitta Rabe, James Lloyd, et al.

   Conference Paper, Pensions Research Network workshop - 22 Jun 2012

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

   Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

   Conference Paper, International Workshop on Applied Economics of Education, 3rd - 2012

8. Who saves for retirement?

   Mark L. Bryan, Birgitta Rabe, James Lloyd, et al.

   Conference Paper, CASE Seminar - 16 May 2012

9. Estimating the causal effects of breastfeeding on early child outcomes

   Emilia Del Bono and Birgitta Rabe

   Conference Paper, European Association of Labour Economists Conference - 2011

10. Estimating the causal effects of breastfeeding on early child outcomes

    Emilia Del Bono and Birgitta Rabe

    Conference Paper, European Society for Population Economics Conference - 2011

11. Estimating the causal effects of breastfeeding on early child outcomes

    Emilia Del Bono and Birgitta Rabe

    Conference Paper, Health and Human Capital - 2011

12. Inequality in pupils' educational attainment: how much do family, sibling type and neighbourhood matter?

    Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

    Conference Paper, European Society for Population Economics Conference - 2010

13. Differences in Opportunities? Wage, unemployment, and house-price effects on migration

    Birgitta Rabe and Mark P. Taylor

    Conference Paper, European Regional Science Association Conference - 25 Aug 2009

14. Differences in Opportunities? Wage, unemployment, and house-price effects on migration

    Birgitta Rabe and Mark P. Taylor

    Conference Paper, European Society for Population Economics Conference - 11 Jun 2009

15. Differences in opportunities? Wage, unemployment and house-price effects on migration

    Birgitta Rabe and Mark P. Taylor

    Conference Paper, BHPS-2009 Conference: the 2009 British Household Panel Survey Research Conference, 9-11 July 2009, Colchester, UK - 2009
    1. Migration
    2. Housing Market

Media

Displaying media publications 16 - 30 of 76 in total

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

   Media - Jan 2016

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

   Media - 30 Mar 2015

3. Free nursery places 'make no academic difference'

   Media - 30 Mar 2015

4. 'Little impact' from nursery places

   Media - 30 Mar 2015

5. 'Little impact' from nursery places

   Media - 30 Mar 2015

6. 'Little impact' from nursery places

   Media - 30 Mar 2015

7. 'Little impact' from nursery places

   Media - 30 Mar 2015

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

   Media - 20 Jan 2015

9. Clever elder children spur on siblings

   Media - 05 Jan 2015

10. Clever elder children spur on siblings

    Media - 05 Jan 2015

11. Why being a younger sibling makes you more successful

    Media - 05 Jan 2015

12. How firstborns can raise a sibling's game

    Media - 04 Jan 2015

13. Firstborns' exam success can help boost their younger siblings performance by forcing them to raise their game thanks to a spillover effect says study

    Media - 04 Jan 2015

14. How firstborns can raise a sibling's game

    Media - 03 Jan 2015

15. Poor bright girls left behind in class, school spending study shows

    Media - 24 Nov 2014