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 7 publications

1. How did universal infant free school meals affect children's bodyweight?

   Angus Holford and Birgitta Rabe

   Report, MiSoC Explainers - 2019
   1. Education
   2. Child Development
   3. Public Policy
   4. Health

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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 74 in total

1. Free nursery places 'make no academic difference'

   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. 'Little impact' from nursery places

   Media - 30 Mar 2015

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

   Media - 20 Jan 2015

7. Clever elder children spur on siblings

   Media - 05 Jan 2015

8. Clever elder children spur on siblings

   Media - 05 Jan 2015

9. Why being a younger sibling makes you more successful

   Media - 05 Jan 2015

10. How firstborns can raise a sibling's game

    Media - 04 Jan 2015

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

    Media - 04 Jan 2015

12. How firstborns can raise a sibling's game

    Media - 03 Jan 2015

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

    Media - 24 Nov 2014

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

    Media - 23 Nov 2014

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

    Media - 23 Nov 2014