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Birgitta Rabe

@rabe-b.bsky.social
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Professor of Economics at University of Essex. Conducting impactful research in applied economics of labour, health, education. sites.google.com/view/birgitta-rabe

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Birgitta Rabe @rabe-b.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
📣📣📣Job Alert 📣📣📣 Come work with me on children’s health and human capital! @iseressex.bsky.social @universityofessex.bsky.social 🗓️2 year Post-Doc, start Oct 2025 📝Apply by 23 March 🔗More info: tinyurl.com/y54tuds3, or contact me. Join us at Essex! Please share 👋
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Birgitta Rabe @rabe-b.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Great talk today by @samuellado.bsky.social in our ISER lunchtime seminar. Children in Barcelona’s means-tested lunch clubs do better in Catalan - likely because they spend more time socialising with proficient speakers. @ayllonsara.bsky.social @iseressex.bsky.social @misoc-essex.bsky.social
Samuel Lado presenting his paper
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Understanding Society @usociety.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Share your research at the 2025 Understanding Society Scientific Conference! The call for abstracts is open, submit your research by 31 Jan. The conference takes place in-person 1-3 July @universityofessex.bsky.social. www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2024/11...
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Birgitta Rabe @rabe-b.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Happy to be giving a keynote at the American-European Health Economics Study Group workshop, taking place in Oxford, May 28–29, 2025. Call for papers out now, apply by 28 Feb 2025 : www.catianicodemo.com/files/AMERIC...
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Birgitta Rabe @rabe-b.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Excited to launch a new project with Angus Holford today, looking at how providing free breakfast in school affects • Attainment • Absences/punctuality • Bodyweight • Mental health More details here: tinyurl.com/4rp3dn5v Thanks @nuffieldfoundation.org for funding this work
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Birgitta Rabe @rabe-b.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Thanks, Sara!
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Birgitta Rabe @rabe-b.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
🚀🌤️ New paper with Angus Holford out in Journal of Health Economics! Switching to universal free school meals reduces obesity in kids in England. Larger effects for younger children, but benefits seem cumulative over time. Paper here 👇 tinyurl.com/yc7y2azm
Treatment effects of Universal FSM on bodyweight outcomes
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Birgitta Rabe @rabe-b.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Yes please
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Birgitta Rabe @rabe-b.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
@ingoisphording.bsky.social Hi Ingo, thanks for the starter pack! I can’t see 2/2? Also could you add me please? Thanks!
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