Dr Birgitta Rabe Senior Research Fellow, University of Essex

Email

brabe@essex.ac.uk

Telephone

01206 874594

Office

2N2.6.04

Personal homepage

https://sites.google.com/view/birgitta-rabe/

Research Interests

I am an economist interested in applied research in education, family and labour economics. Some of my current and recent work includes

• Early child development: the effect of breastfeeding on cognitive child outcomes; free child care and child attainment
• Education and schools: effects of school resources on school attainment; sibling spillover effects in school achievement; interactions between school quality and parental investments
• Child care and maternal labour supply
• Migration and residential mobility

I am Topic Champion for education, family and data linkage on Understanding Society. Linked education records for Understanding Society are available, see here.

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Publications

Displaying publications 1 - 15 of 58 in total

1. The effect of school spending on student achievement: addressing biases in value-added models

   Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

   Journal Article, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society) - Feb 2018
   1. Education
   2. Economics

2. Linked education data

   Birgitta Rabe

   Conference Paper, Understanding Society Scientific Conference 2017, 11-13 July 2017, University of Essex, Colchester, UK - 12 Jul 2017
   1. Education
   2. Research
   3. Surveys

3. Free childcare and parents’ labour supply: is more better?

   Mike Brewer, Sarah Cattan, Claire Crawford, et al.

   Research Paper, IFS Working Paper Series, W16/22 - Dec 2016
   1. Education
   2. Labour Market
   3. Public Policy
   4. Household Economics
   5. Caregiving

4. Does free childcare help parents work?

   Mike Brewer, Sarah Cattan, Claire Crawford, et al.

   Report, IFS Briefing Notes, BN189 - Dec 2016
   1. Education
   2. Labour Market
   3. Public Policy
   4. Household Economics
   5. Caregiving

5. Free childcare and parents’ labour supply: is more better?

   Mike Brewer, Sarah Cattan, Claire Crawford, et al.

   Research Paper, IZA Discussion Papers, 10415 - Dec 2016
   1. Education
   2. Labour Market
   3. Public Policy
   4. Household Economics
   5. Caregiving

6. Universal pre-school education: the case of public funding with private provision

   Jo Blanden, Emilia Del Bono, Sandra McNally, et al.

   Journal Article, Economic Journal - May 2016
   1. Education
   2. Child Development
   3. Economics

7. School quality and parental investments into children

   Birgitta Rabe, Ellen Greaves, Imran Rasul, et al.

   Conference Paper, Understanding Society Scientific Conference 2015, 21-23 July 2015, University of Essex, Colchester, UK - 22 Jul 2015
   1. Education
   2. Child Development

8. Evaluating a demand-side approach to expanding free preschool education

   Jo Blanden, Emilia Del Bono, Kirstine Hansen, et al.

   Conference Paper, Royal Economic Society Conference 2015 - 30 Mar 2015
   1. Education
   2. Child Development
   3. Public Policy
   4. Caregiving

9. The impact of free, universal pre-school education on maternal labour supply

   Mike Brewer, Sarah Cattan, Claire Crawford, et al.

   Conference Paper, Royal Economic Society Conference 2015 - 30 Mar 2015
   1. Education
   2. Child Development
   3. Labour Economics
   4. Public Policy
   5. Caregiving

10. Clever elder children spur on siblings

    Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

    Interview - 05 Jan 2015

11. Spending it wisely: how can schools use their resources to help poorer puplis

    Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

    Report - Nov 2014
    1. Education
    2. Economics
    3. Public Policy

12. Sibling spillover effects in school achievement

    Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

    ISER Working Paper Series, 2014-40 - 11 Nov 2014 - download  
    1. Education
    2. Child Development
    3. Households

13. The impact of free, universal pre-school education on maternal labour supply

    Mike Brewer, Sarah Cattan, Claire Crawford, et al.

    Report - Oct 2014
    1. Education
    2. Child Development
    3. Labour Economics
    4. Public Policy
    5. Caregiving

14. Evaluating a demand-side approach to expanding free preschool education

    J. Blanden, Emilia Del Bono, K. Hansen, et al.

    Report - Oct 2014
    1. Education
    2. Child Development
    3. Public Policy
    4. Caregiving

15. The impact of free early education for 3 year olds in England

    Mike Brewer, Sarah Cattan, Claire Crawford, et al.

    Report - 2014
    1. Education
    2. Child Development
    3. Labour Economics
    4. Public Policy
    5. Caregiving

Media

Displaying media publications 61 - 69 of 69 in total

1. New breastfeeding study

   Media - 01 May 2009

2. Essex team looks at breastfeeding legacy

   Media - 15 Apr 2009

3. On the matter of mother's milk

   Media - 09 Apr 2009

4. Breastfeeding research: most comprehensive study of its kind

   Media - 08 Apr 2009

5. Funding for study into benefits of breastfeeding

   Media - 06 Apr 2009

6. Breastfeeding research: most comprehensive study of its kind

   Media - 01 Apr 2009

7. Breastfeeding research: most comprehensive study of its kind

   Media - 31 Mar 2009

8. New study will look at effects of breastfeeding on children, mothers and employers

   Media - 31 Mar 2009

9. Benefits of free nursery education 'not lasting'

   Media -