Prof Birgitta Rabe
Professor; Research & Impact Director, University of Essex
Research Interests
I am a 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. Current and recent work includes:
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Childhood obesity: impact of free lunches / breakfast / weight report cards
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Early child development: the effects of breastfeeding and of childcare
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Education and schools: effects of school resources, sibling spillover effects, interactions between school quality and parental investments
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Childcare and maternal labour supply
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Migration and residential mobility
See my personal website for more information.
Outputs
Why a good Ofsted report can be bad for GCSE results
How do parents react to news about school quality? Ofsted, the Office for Standards in Education, regularly inspects state schools in England and rates their quality from ‘outstanding’…
How have school closures affected children’s mental health?
Birgitta Rabe, Laura Fumagalli and co-authors write for the Economics Observatory on the negative impact of the pandemic on the mental health of children and young people
Will support for low-income families during school holidays improve children’s lives?
MiSoC's Birgitta Rabe & co-authors write for the ESRC's Economics Observatory on their research into the impact of extending free school meals for means-tested families into the school holidays.