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
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Publications
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Clever elder children spur on siblings
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Breastfeeding research
Emilia Del Bono, Birgitta Rabe, Maria Iacovou, et al.
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Cash for new breastfeeding study
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Brestfeeding project most comprehensive study of its kind
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Funding for study into benefits of breastfeeding
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Breastfeeding research: most comprehensive study of its kind
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Breastfeeding research: most comprehensive study of its kind
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New study will look at effects of breastfeeding on children, mothers and employers
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Benefits of free nursery education 'not lasting'