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Current search: 'Birgitta Rabe'

  1. Briefing note COVID-19 survey: home schooling

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

    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

    1. Education
    2. Child Development
    3. Public Policy
    4. Health

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

    Angus Holford and Birgitta Rabe

  4. Sibling spillover effects in school achievement

    Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

    1. Education
    2. Child Development
    3. Households

  5. How did universal infant free school meals affect children's bodyweight?

    Angus Holford and Birgitta Rabe

    1. Education
    2. Child Development
    3. Public Policy
    4. Health

  6. Good Ofsted rating can mean parents become complacent

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

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

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

  8. GCSE grades 'drop' after successful Ofsted inspections

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

  9. The negative impact of positive Ofsted ratings

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

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

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

    1. Education
    2. Child Development
    3. Households
    4. Economics
    5. Public Policy

  11. The effect of school spending on student achievement: addressing biases in value-added models

    Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

    1. Education
    2. Economics

  12. O brother, where art thou?

    Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

  13. Linked education data

    Birgitta Rabe

    1. Education
    2. Research
    3. Surveys

  14. Free childcare and parents’ labour supply: is more better?

    Mike Brewer, Sarah Cattan, Claire Crawford, et al.

    1. Education
    2. Labour Market
    3. Public Policy
    4. Household Economics
    5. Caregiving

  15. Does free childcare help parents work?

    Mike Brewer, Sarah Cattan, Claire Crawford, et al.

    1. Education
    2. Labour Market
    3. Public Policy
    4. Household Economics
    5. Caregiving

  16. Free childcare and parents’ labour supply: is more better?

    Mike Brewer, Sarah Cattan, Claire Crawford, et al.

    1. Education
    2. Labour Market
    3. Public Policy
    4. Household Economics
    5. Caregiving

  17. 30 hours of free childcare likely to boost parental employment only slightly

    Mike Brewer, Sarah Cattan, Claire Crawford, et al.

  18. 30 hours of free childcare likely to boost parental employment only slightly

    Mike Brewer, Sarah Cattan, Claire Crawford, et al.

  19. A cautionary tale for politicians pushing universal preschool

    Jo Blanden, Emilia Del Bono, Sandra McNally, et al.

  20. Evidence of free hours’ benefits is lacking

    Jo Blanden, Emilia Del Bono, Sandra McNally, et al.

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

    Jo Blanden, Emilia Del Bono, Sandra McNally, et al.

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

    Jo Blanden, Emilia Del Bono, Sandra McNally, et al.

  23. Universal pre-school education: the case of public funding with private provision

    Jo Blanden, Emilia Del Bono, Sandra McNally, et al.

    1. Education
    2. Child Development
    3. Economics

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

    Jo Blanden, Emilia Del Bono, Sandra McNally, et al.

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

    Birgitta Rabe

  26. School quality and parental investments into children

    Birgitta Rabe, Ellen Greaves, Imran Rasul, et al.

    1. Education
    2. Child Development

  27. Evaluating a demand-side approach to expanding free preschool education

    Jo Blanden, Emilia Del Bono, Kirstine Hansen, et al.

    1. Education
    2. Child Development
    3. Public Policy
    4. Caregiving

  28. The impact of free, universal pre-school education on maternal labour supply

    Mike Brewer, Sarah Cattan, Claire Crawford, et al.

    1. Education
    2. Child Development
    3. Labour Economics
    4. Public Policy
    5. Caregiving

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

    Jo Blanden, Emilia Del Bono, Kirstine Hansen, et al.

  30. Free nursery places 'make no academic difference'

    Jo Blanden, Emilia Del Bono, Kirstine Hansen, et al.

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