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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Occupational pensions, wages and job mobility in Germany
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Dual-Earner Migration in Britain: earnings gains, employment, and self-selection
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Differences in Opportunities? Wage, unemployment, and house-price effects on migration
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Occupational pensions, wages, and job mobility in Germany
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Dual-earner migration in Britain: earnings gains, employment, and self-selection
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Dual-Earner Migration in Britain: earnings gains, employment, and self-selection
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Dual-Earner Migration in Britain: earnings gains, employment, and self-selection
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The role of firm pensions for job change in Germany
Media
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