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

Latest Blog Posts

Publications

Displaying publications 1 - 15 of 66 in total

1. Quantity and quality of childcare and children’s educational outcomes

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

   Journal Article, Journal of Population Economics - Apr 2022
   1. Education
   2. Child Development
   3. Public Policy
   4. Caregiving

2. Going universal. The impact of free school lunches on child body weight outcomes

   Angus Holford and Birgitta Rabe

   Journal Article, Journal of Public Economics Plus - Apr 2022
   1. Education
   2. Child Development
   3. Public Policy
   4. Health

3. Does more free childcare help parents work more?

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

   Journal Article, Labour Economics - Jan 2022
   1. Education
   2. Labour Market
   3. Economics
   4. Public Policy
   5. Caregiving

4. Coping with school closures: changes in home-schooling during COVID-19

   Emilia Del Bono, Laura Fumagalli, Angus Holford, et al.

   Report, ISER Reports - Jul 2021
   1. Information And Communication Technologies
   2. Social Groups
   3. Time Use
   4. Education
   5. Child Development
   6. Households
   7. Public Policy
   8. Health
   9. Life Course Analysis
   10. Social Stratification
   11. Covid 19

5. School closures and children’s emotional and behavioural difficulties

   Jo Blanden, Claire Crawford, Laura Fumagalli, et al.

   Report - Mar 2021
   1. Psychology
   2. Young People
   3. Education
   4. Child Development
   5. Public Policy
   6. Well Being
   7. Health
   8. Life Course Analysis
   9. Covid 19

6. Going universal - the impact of free school lunches on child body weight outcomes

   Angus Holford and Birgitta Rabe

   Research Paper, - Mar 2020
   1. Education
   2. Child Development
   3. Public Policy
   4. Health

7. Sibling spillover effects in school achievement

   Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

   Journal Article, Journal of Applied Econometrics - Jun 2019
   1. Education
   2. Child Development
   3. Households

8. How did universal infant free school meals affect children's bodyweight?

   Angus Holford and Birgitta Rabe

   Report, MiSoC Explainers - 2019
   1. Education
   2. Child Development
   3. Public Policy
   4. Health

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

Media

Displaying media publications 61 - 75 of 76 in total

1. Women call shots on moving house

   Media - 04 Nov 2009

2. Women hold sway on house move decisions

   Media - 04 Nov 2009

3. Women call shots on location

   Media - 04 Nov 2009

4. It's women who decide when to move home

   Media - 03 Nov 2009

5. Women have final say when it comes to moving home

   Media - 03 Nov 2009

6. Women have the say about moving house

   Media - 18 Oct 2009

7. Breastfeeding: looking for the evidence

   Media - circa 2009

8. New breastfeeding study

   Media - 01 May 2009

9. Essex team looks at breastfeeding legacy

   Media - 15 Apr 2009

10. On the matter of mother's milk

    Media - 09 Apr 2009

11. Breastfeeding research: most comprehensive study of its kind

    Media - 08 Apr 2009

12. Funding for study into benefits of breastfeeding

    Media - 06 Apr 2009

13. Breastfeeding research: most comprehensive study of its kind

    Media - 01 Apr 2009

14. Breastfeeding research: most comprehensive study of its kind

    Media - 31 Mar 2009

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

    Media - 31 Mar 2009