Prof Birgitta Rabe Professor, University of Essex
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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 Centre on Micro-social Change and Topic Champion on Understanding Society. Current and recent work includes:
- Childhood obesity: impact of free lunches / breakfast / weight report cards
- Education and schools: effects of school resources, sibling spillover effects, interactions between school quality and parental investments
- Early child development: the effects of breastfeeding and of childcare
- Childcare and maternal labour supply
- COVID19 and educational inequalities
- COVID19 school closures, mental health and labour supply
See my personal website for more information.
Latest Blog Posts
- The impact of takeaways near schools and homes on childhood obesity
- Why a good Ofsted report can be bad for GCSE results
- How have school closures affected children’s mental health?