Birgitta Rabe Professor of Economics, University of Essex
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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:
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COVID19 and educational inequalities
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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
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Migration and residential mobility
Latest Blog Posts
Publications
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Quantity and quality of childcare and children’s educational outcomes
Jo Blanden, Emilia Del Bono, Kirstine Hansen, et al.
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Going universal. The impact of free school lunches on child body weight outcomes
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Does more free childcare help parents work more?
Mike Brewer, Sarah Cattan, Claire Crawford, et al.
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Sibling spillover effects in school achievement
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The effect of school spending on student achievement: addressing biases in value-added models
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Universal pre-school education: the case of public funding with private provision
Jo Blanden, Emilia Del Bono, Sandra McNally, et al.
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Inequality in pupils' test scores: how much do family, sibling type and neighbourhood matter?
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Differences in opportunities? Wage, employment and house-price effects on migration
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Dual-earner migration. Earnings gains, employment and self-selection
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Residential mobility, quality of neighbourhood and life course events
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Occupational pensions, wages and job mobility in Germany
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The role of firm pensions for job change in Germany
Media
Displaying media publications 46 - 60 of 80 in total
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Who saves for retirement?
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Why breast is best. With research indicating that breastfeeding could increase educational attainment, parents should more seriously consider infant nourishment
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Coalition steps in to prop up housing market
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Up to nine in ten people who want to move are stuck
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A nation of frustrated home-movers
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A nation of frustrated home-movers
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A nation of frustrated home-movers
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Breastfeeding - how to make the difference
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Employer contributions are key for pension savings
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Pensions: assessing the cost of auto-enrolment delay
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Researchers claim to debunk women/pensions savings myth
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£1000 blow to your pay packet in just 2 years as cost of living soars and incomes are squeezed
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Real take-home pay 'sees 5% fall'
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On the move
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Data on statistics described by researchers at University of Essex