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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Coping with school closures: changes in home-schooling during COVID-19
Emilia Del Bono, Laura Fumagalli, Angus Holford, et al.
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School closures and children’s emotional and behavioural difficulties
Jo Blanden, Claire Crawford, Laura Fumagalli, et al.
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Going universal - the impact of free school lunches on child body weight outcomes
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Sibling spillover effects in school achievement
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How did universal infant free school meals affect children's bodyweight?
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The effect of school spending on student achievement: addressing biases in value-added models
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Linked education data
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Free childcare and parents’ labour supply: is more better?
Mike Brewer, Sarah Cattan, Claire Crawford, et al.
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Does free childcare help parents work?
Mike Brewer, Sarah Cattan, Claire Crawford, et al.
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Free childcare and parents’ labour supply: is more better?
Mike Brewer, Sarah Cattan, Claire Crawford, et al.
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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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School quality and parental investments into children
Birgitta Rabe, Ellen Greaves, Imran Rasul, et al.
Media
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Women call shots on moving house
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Women hold sway on house move decisions
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Women call shots on location
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It's women who decide when to move home
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Women have final say when it comes to moving home
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Women have the say about moving house
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Breastfeeding: looking for the evidence
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New breastfeeding study
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Essex team looks at breastfeeding legacy
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On the matter of mother's milk
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Breastfeeding research: 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