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

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Publications

Displaying publications 31 - 45 of 72 in total

1. School inputs and skills: complementarity and self-productivity

   Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

   Research Paper, University of York Discussion Papers in Economics, 13/30 - Nov 2013
   1. Young People
   2. Education
   3. Finance

2. Inequality in pupils' test scores: how much do family, sibling type and neighbourhood matter?

   Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

   Journal Article, Economica - Apr 2013
   1. Area Effects
   2. Education
   3. Child Development

3. 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

4. Productivity of school expenditure: Differences across pupils from diverse backgrounds

   Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

   Conference Paper, Lisbon Research Workshop on Economics, Statistics and Econometrics of Education, Second - 19 Jan 2013

5. Differences in opportunities? Wage, employment and house-price effects on migration

   Birgitta Rabe and Mark P. Taylor

   Journal Article, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics - Dec 2012
   1. Migration
   2. Economics

6. Breastfeeding and child cognitive outcomes: evidence from a hospital-based breastfeeding support policy

   Emilia Del Bono and Birgitta Rabe

   ISER Working Paper Series, 2012-29 - 14 Dec 2012 - download  
   1. Child Development
   2. Childbearing: Fertility

7. The effect of school resources on test scores in England

   Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

   ISER Working Paper Series, 2012-13 - 23 Jul 2012 - download  
   1. Education
   2. Finance

8. The effect of school resources on test scores in England

   Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

   Research Paper, University of York Discussion Papers in Economics, 12/19 - Jul 2012
   1. Education
   2. Finance

9. Who saves for retirement?

   Mark L. Bryan, Birgitta Rabe, James Lloyd, et al.

   Conference Paper, Pensions Research Network workshop - 22 Jun 2012

10. The effect of school resources on test scores in England

    Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

    Conference Paper, International Workshop on Applied Economics of Education, 3rd - 2012

11. Examining home movers and how they impact on ownership and housebuilding

    Birgitta Rabe and Brian Green

    Book Chapter, Housing Market Intelligence Report 2012 - 2012

12. Who saves for retirement?

    Mark L. Bryan, Birgitta Rabe, James Lloyd, et al.

    Conference Paper, CASE Seminar - 16 May 2012

13. Moving home: wishes, expectations, and reasons

    Birgitta Rabe

    Book Chapter, Understanding Society: findings 2012 - 28 Feb 2012
    1. Area Effects
    2. Migration
    3. Housing Market

14. Who saves for retirement?

    Mark L. Bryan, James Lloyd, Birgitta Rabe, et al.

    Report - Dec 2011
    1. Pensions
    2. Labour Market
    3. Savings And Assets

15. Breastfeeding research

    Emilia Del Bono, Birgitta Rabe, Maria Iacovou, et al.

    Interview - 02 Nov 2011

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