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Dr Birgitta Rabe Reader, University of Essex

Brabe
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brabe@essex.ac.uk
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01206 874594
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2N2.6.04
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https://sites.google.com/view/birgitta-rabe/
Curriculum vitae

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.

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    Publications

    Displaying publications 1 - 15 of 21 in total

    1. Linked education data

      Birgitta Rabe

      1. Education
      2. Research
      3. Surveys

    2. School quality and parental investments into children

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

      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.

      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.

      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

    6. Who saves for retirement?

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

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

      Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

    8. Who saves for retirement?

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

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

      Emilia Del Bono and Birgitta Rabe

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

      Emilia Del Bono and Birgitta Rabe

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

      Emilia Del Bono and Birgitta Rabe

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

      Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

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

      Birgitta Rabe and Mark P. Taylor

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

      Birgitta Rabe and Mark P. Taylor

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

      Birgitta Rabe and Mark P. Taylor

      1. Migration
      2. Housing Market

    Media

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    1. Free nursery places 'make no academic difference'

    2. 'Little impact' from nursery places

    3. 'Little impact' from nursery places

    4. 'Little impact' from nursery places

    5. 'Little impact' from nursery places

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

    7. Clever elder children spur on siblings

    8. Clever elder children spur on siblings

    9. Why being a younger sibling makes you more successful

    10. How firstborns can raise a sibling's game

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

    12. How firstborns can raise a sibling's game

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

    14. Funding for poorer pupils helps more boys than girls, study shows

    15. Funding for poorer pupils helps more boys than girls, study shows

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