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.

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Publications

Displaying publications 16 - 30 of 63 in total

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

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

   Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

   ISER Working Paper Series, 2013-28 - 04 Dec 2013 - download  
   1. Young People
   2. Education
   3. Finance

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. Who saves for retirement?

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

    Conference Paper, Pensions Research Network workshop - 22 Jun 2012

Media

Displaying media publications 1 - 15 of 74 in total

1. Free school dinners ‘led to fall in childhood obesity rates’

   Media - 08 Mar 2020

2. Good Ofsted rating can mean parents become complacent

   Media - 20 May 2019

3. Why a good Ofsted report can be bad for GCSE results

   Media - 19 May 2019

4. GCSE grades 'drop' after successful Ofsted inspections

   Media - 19 May 2019

5. The negative impact of positive Ofsted ratings

   Media - 19 May 2019

6. O brother, where art thou?

   Media - 06 Dec 2017

7. 30 hours of free childcare likely to boost parental employment only slightly

   Media - 02 Dec 2016

8. 30 hours of free childcare likely to boost parental employment only slightly

   Media - 01 Dec 2016

9. A cautionary tale for politicians pushing universal preschool

   Media - 20 Jun 2016

10. Evidence of free hours’ benefits is lacking

    Media - 13 Jun 2016

11. Free nursery places at age three 'do not boost a child's education'

    Media - 25 May 2016

12. Free childcare 'has made no improvement in primary school exam results', research shows

    Media - 24 May 2016

13. Free pre-school education: evidence of the impact on child outcomes in primary school

    Media - May 2016

14. Universal benefits? What effect does early education have on childhood development and career choices?

    Media - Jan 2016

15. Free nursery places have 'no educational benefit', research shows

    Media - 30 Mar 2015