Birgitta Rabe

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. Current and recent work includes:

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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

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