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 6 publications

1. Does free childcare help parents work?

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

   Report, IFS Briefing Notes, BN189 - Dec 2016
   1. Education
   2. Labour Market
   3. Public Policy
   4. Household Economics
   5. Caregiving

2. Spending it wisely: how can schools use their resources to help poorer puplis

   Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

   Report - Nov 2014
   1. Education
   2. Economics
   3. Public Policy

3. The impact of free, universal pre-school education on maternal labour supply

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

   Report - Oct 2014
   1. Education
   2. Child Development
   3. Labour Economics
   4. Public Policy
   5. Caregiving

4. Evaluating a demand-side approach to expanding free preschool education

   J. Blanden, Emilia Del Bono, K. Hansen, et al.

   Report - Oct 2014
   1. Education
   2. Child Development
   3. Public Policy
   4. Caregiving

5. The impact of free early education for 3 year olds in England

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

   Report - 2014
   1. Education
   2. Child Development
   3. Labour Economics
   4. Public Policy
   5. Caregiving

6. Who saves for retirement?

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

   Report - Dec 2011
   1. Pensions
   2. Labour Market
   3. Savings And Assets

Media

Displaying media publications 16 - 30 of 73 in total

1. 'Little impact' from nursery places

   Media - 30 Mar 2015

2. 'Little impact' from nursery places

   Media - 30 Mar 2015

3. 'Little impact' from nursery places

   Media - 30 Mar 2015

4. 'Little impact' from nursery places

   Media - 30 Mar 2015

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

   Media - 20 Jan 2015

6. Clever elder children spur on siblings

   Media - 05 Jan 2015

7. Clever elder children spur on siblings

   Media - 05 Jan 2015

8. Why being a younger sibling makes you more successful

   Media - 05 Jan 2015

9. How firstborns can raise a sibling's game

   Media - 04 Jan 2015

10. 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

11. How firstborns can raise a sibling's game

    Media - 03 Jan 2015

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

    Media - 24 Nov 2014

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

    Media - 23 Nov 2014

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

    Media - 23 Nov 2014

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

    Media - 23 Nov 2014