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:

• Childhood obesity: impact of free lunches / breakfast / 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