Dr Birgitta Rabe Reader, 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.

Latest Blog Posts

Publications

Displaying publications 1 - 15 of 63 in total

1. Briefing note COVID-19 survey: home schooling

   Michaela Benzeval, Magda Borkowska, Jonathan Burton, et al.

   Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2020-12 - 09 Jun 2020 - download  
   1. Information And Communication Technologies
   2. Time Use
   3. Young People
   4. Education
   5. Child Development
   6. Households
   7. Household Economics
   8. Health
   9. Covid 19

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Parental responses to information about school quality: evidence from linked survey and administrative data

   Ellen Greaves, Iftikhar Hussain, Birgitta Rabe, et al.

   ISER Working Paper Series, 2019-03 - 02 May 2019 - download  
   1. Education
   2. Child Development
   3. Households
   4. Economics
   5. Public Policy

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. Clever elder children spur on siblings

    Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

    Interview - 05 Jan 2015

Media

Displaying media publications 61 - 74 of 74 in total

1. Women call shots on location

   Media - 04 Nov 2009

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

   Media - 03 Nov 2009

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

   Media - 03 Nov 2009

4. Women have the say about moving house

   Media - 18 Oct 2009

5. Breastfeeding: looking for the evidence

   Media - circa 2009

6. New breastfeeding study

   Media - 01 May 2009

7. Essex team looks at breastfeeding legacy

   Media - 15 Apr 2009

8. On the matter of mother's milk

   Media - 09 Apr 2009

9. Breastfeeding research: most comprehensive study of its kind

   Media - 08 Apr 2009

10. Funding for study into benefits of breastfeeding

    Media - 06 Apr 2009

11. Breastfeeding research: most comprehensive study of its kind

    Media - 01 Apr 2009

12. Breastfeeding research: most comprehensive study of its kind

    Media - 31 Mar 2009

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

    Media - 31 Mar 2009

14. Benefits of free nursery education 'not lasting'

    Media -