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 16 - 30 of 66 in total

1. 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

2. 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

3. Clever elder children spur on siblings

   Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

   Interview - 05 Jan 2015

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

Media

Displaying media publications 1 - 15 of 76 in total

1. New evidence shows how school closures hit children’s mental health hard

   Media - 08 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

2. Children will need further help with mental health despite return of schools, study warns

   Media - 08 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

3. Stressed pupils 'are more likely to bully and fight': Teachers could face an increase in bad behaviour in class after effect of pandemic on children's mental health, study warns

   Media - 08 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

4. Back to school: 'It's nice to see my friends'

   Media - 08 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

5. Schools return in England: Boris Johnson hails first steps to freedom

   Media - 08 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. School closures negatively affected children's mental health, research suggests

   Media - 08 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

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

   Media - 08 Mar 2020

8. O brother, where art thou?

   Media - 06 Dec 2017

9. 30 hours of free childcare likely to boost parental employment only slightly

   Media - 02 Dec 2016

10. 30 hours of free childcare likely to boost parental employment only slightly

    Media - 01 Dec 2016

11. A cautionary tale for politicians pushing universal preschool

    Media - 20 Jun 2016

12. Evidence of free hours’ benefits is lacking

    Media - 13 Jun 2016

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

    Media - 25 May 2016

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

    Media - 24 May 2016

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

    Media - May 2016