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 4 publications

1. Briefing note COVID-19 survey: home schooling

   Michaela Benzeval, Magda Borkowska, Jonathan Burton, et al.

   Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2020-12 - 09 Jun 2020 - download  
   1. Information And Communication Technologies
   2. Time Use
   3. Young People
   4. Education
   5. Child Development
   6. Households
   7. Household Economics
   8. Health
   9. Covid 19

2. Understanding Society – a geographical profile of respondents

   Jakob Petersen and Birgitta Rabe

   Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2013-01 - 14 Feb 2013 - download  
   1. Geography
   2. Demography
   3. Survey Methodology

3. Geographical identifiers in Understanding Society Version 1

   Birgitta Rabe

   Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2011-01 - 09 Mar 2011 - download  
   1. Geography
   2. Survey Methodology

4. Understanding Society. Some preliminary results from the Wave 1 Innovation Panel

   Jonathan Burton, Heather Laurie, S.C. Noah Uhrig, et al.

   Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2008-03 - 01 Dec 2008 - download  

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