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 31 - 45 of 66 in total

1. 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

2. 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

3. Who saves for retirement?

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

   Conference Paper, Pensions Research Network workshop - 22 Jun 2012

4. The effect of school resources on test scores in England

   Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

   Conference Paper, International Workshop on Applied Economics of Education, 3rd - 2012

5. Examining home movers and how they impact on ownership and housebuilding

   Birgitta Rabe and Brian Green

   Book Chapter, Housing Market Intelligence Report 2012 - 2012

6. Who saves for retirement?

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

   Conference Paper, CASE Seminar - 16 May 2012

7. Moving home: wishes, expectations, and reasons

   Birgitta Rabe

   Book Chapter, Understanding Society: findings 2012 - 28 Feb 2012
   1. Area Effects
   2. Migration
   3. Housing Market

8. Who saves for retirement?

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

   Report - Dec 2011
   1. Pensions
   2. Labour Market
   3. Savings And Assets

9. Breastfeeding research

   Emilia Del Bono, Birgitta Rabe, Maria Iacovou, et al.

   Interview - 02 Nov 2011

10. Dual-earner migration. Earnings gains, employment and self-selection

    Birgitta Rabe

    Journal Article, Journal of Population Economics - 2011
    1. Migration
    2. Labour Market
    3. Wages And Earnings

11. Local environments

    Nick Buck and Birgitta Rabe

    Book Chapter, Understanding Society: early findings from the first wave of the UK's household longitudinal study, Ch. 11 - 2011
    1. Environmental Sociology
    2. Social Groups
    3. Area Effects
    4. Social Capital

12. Estimating the causal effects of breastfeeding on early child outcomes

    Emilia Del Bono and Birgitta Rabe

    Conference Paper, European Association of Labour Economists Conference - 2011

13. Estimating the causal effects of breastfeeding on early child outcomes

    Emilia Del Bono and Birgitta Rabe

    Conference Paper, European Society for Population Economics Conference - 2011

14. Estimating the causal effects of breastfeeding on early child outcomes

    Emilia Del Bono and Birgitta Rabe

    Conference Paper, Health and Human Capital - 2011

15. Geographical identifiers in Understanding Society Version 1

    Birgitta Rabe

    Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2011-01 - 09 Mar 2011 - download  
    1. Geography
    2. Survey Methodology

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