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 all 9 publications

1. Coping with school closures: changes in home-schooling during COVID-19

   Emilia Del Bono, Laura Fumagalli, Angus Holford, et al.

   Report, ISER Reports - Jul 2021
   1. Information And Communication Technologies
   2. Social Groups
   3. Time Use
   4. Education
   5. Child Development
   6. Households
   7. Public Policy
   8. Health
   9. Life Course Analysis
   10. Social Stratification
   11. Covid 19

2. School closures and children’s emotional and behavioural difficulties

   Jo Blanden, Claire Crawford, Laura Fumagalli, et al.

   Report - Mar 2021
   1. Psychology
   2. Young People
   3. Education
   4. Child Development
   5. Public Policy
   6. Well Being
   7. Health
   8. Life Course Analysis
   9. Covid 19

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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 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