Barbara Elisabeth Baarsma (born 19 November 1969) is a Dutch

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social sciences, social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...

, and Professor of Applied Economics at the

University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, ) is a public university, public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Established in 1632 by municipal authorities, it is the fourth-oldest academic institution in the Netherlan ...

Biography

Born in

Leiden Leiden ( ; ; in English language, English and Archaism, archaic Dutch language, Dutch also Leyden) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Nethe ...

, Baarsma grew up in

Goeree-Overflakkee Goeree-Overflakkee () is the southernmost river delta, delta island of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is separated from Voorne-Putten and Hoeksche Waard by the Haringvliet, from the mainland of North ...

, where her father was

otolaryngologist Otorhinolaryngology ( , abbreviated ORL and also known as otolaryngology, otolaryngology–head and neck surgery (ORL–H&N or OHNS), or ear, nose, and throat (ENT)) is a surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the surgical an ...

. After attending the Atheneum in

Middelharnis Middelharnis () is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, on the island of Goeree-Overflakkee. The town had a population of about 6,800 in 2012. On 1 January 2013, Middelharnis merged with Goe ...

, in 1988 she started studying

Industrial Design Industrial design is a process of design applied to physical Product (business), products that are to be manufactured by mass production. It is the creative act of determining and defining a product's form and features, which takes place in adva ...

at the

Delft University of Technology The Delft University of Technology (TU Delft; ) is the oldest and largest Dutch public university, public Institute of technology, technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands. It specializes in engineering, technology, computing, design, a ...

. In 1989 she moved to the

, where she received her MA cum laude in

Economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

in 1993, and her PhD in Economics in 2000Barbara Baarsma - Directie
. at seo.nl. Accessed September 12, 2013 with a thesis entitled "Monetary valuation of environmental goods: Alternatives to contingent valuation" under the supervision of

Jan Lambooy Johannes Gerard (Jan) Lambooy (born 23 October 1937) is a Dutch social geographer and emeritus professor Economic geography and Urban economics at the University of Amsterdam. Biography Born in Pajeti, Central Sumba Regency, Indonesia, Lambooy ...

and

Bernard van Praag Bernard Marinus Siegfried van Praag (Amsterdam, 28 February 1939) is a Dutch economist, and distinguished university professor at the University of Amsterdam, noted for researching the measurement of welfare, as well-being and happiness. Biograp ...

.Album Academicum
at uva.nl After graduation in 2000 Baarsma was researcher at

SEO Economic Research SEO Amsterdam Economics (SEO) is a Research institute, scientific institute for economic research commissioned by Ministry (government department), ministries or businesses. SEO was founded in 1949 from the Faculty of Economics of the University ...

, where in 2002 she became head of the Cluster Competition and Regulation, in 2008 deputy director, and since 2009 director as successor of Jules Theeuwes. In 2009 she was appointed Professor of Market Forces and Competition at the

. Since 2014, her chair at the UvA has changed to Applied Economics. In 2012 she was appointed as a Crown member of the

Social-Economic Council The Social and Economic Council ( Dutch: ''Sociaal-Economische Raad'', SER) is a major economic advisory council to the cabinet of the Netherlands. Formally it heads a system of sector-based regulatory organisations. It represents the social p ...

. On April 1, 2016, she was appointed Director of Knowledge Development at Rabobank. From January 2019 to March 2021, she was executive chairman of Rabobank Amsterdam. After this, she became director of Rabo Carbon Bank. By the end of 2023, she transferred t
PwC
where she is chief economist. She also fulfills various other, social positions. She is chairperson of the DNB Bank Council and a member of the Dutch Committee for Entrepreneurship. Earlier she was a member of the Corporate Governance Monitoring Committee and served as a non executive on several supervisory boards.

Publications

Baarsma has authored and coauthored numerous publications. A selection: * * *

References

External links

Barbara Baarsma
at SEO Economic Research. {{DEFAULTSORT:Baarsma, Barbara Elisabeth 1969 births Living people 21st-century Dutch economists Dutch women economists University of Amsterdam alumni Academic staff of the University of Amsterdam People from Leiden People from Goeree-Overflakkee