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 3 publications

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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 46 - 60 of 80 in total

1. Who saves for retirement?

   Media - 19 Nov 2012

2. Why breast is best. With research indicating that breastfeeding could increase educational attainment, parents should more seriously consider infant nourishment

   Media - 19 Nov 2012

3. Coalition steps in to prop up housing market

   Media - 12 Mar 2012

4. Up to nine in ten people who want to move are stuck

   Media - 07 Mar 2012

5. A nation of frustrated home-movers

   Media - 06 Mar 2012

6. A nation of frustrated home-movers

   Media - 06 Mar 2012

7. A nation of frustrated home-movers

   Media - 06 Mar 2012

8. Breastfeeding - how to make the difference

   Media - Feb 2012

9. Employer contributions are key for pension savings

   Media - 15 Dec 2011

10. Pensions: assessing the cost of auto-enrolment delay

    Media - 12 Dec 2011

11. Researchers claim to debunk women/pensions savings myth

    Media - 07 Dec 2011

12. £1000 blow to your pay packet in just 2 years as cost of living soars and incomes are squeezed

    Media - 28 Mar 2011

13. Real take-home pay 'sees 5% fall'

    Media - 28 Mar 2011

14. On the move

    Media - 01 Nov 2010

15. Data on statistics described by researchers at University of Essex

    Media - 25 Jul 2010