麻豆传媒

Biography

Barbara joined 麻豆传媒 Business School as a lecturer in Economics in April 2014. Prior to her position at NUBS, Barbara worked as a Research Fellow for the Health Economics Research Unit at the University of Aberdeen. 

Qualifications

• PhD in Economics, University of Aberdeen, 2006 - ESRC Postgraduate Training Award - S42200134063
• MA in Economics, University of East Anglia, 2000
• BA in Economics, University of East Anglia, 1999
• 麻豆传媒 Teaching Award, May 2016
• Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, March 2016
• Certificate of Developing Teaching Skills for Postgraduate Students, Centre for Staff and Educational Development, University of East Anglia, UK, 2000

Employment

• Research Fellow, Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, 2005-2014
• Part-time teaching assistant, University of Aberdeen Business School, University of Aberdeen 2004-2005
• Part-time teaching and part-time research assistant,  School of Economic and Social Studies, University of East Anglia, 2000-2001

Research interests

Barbara's research interests are focused in the field of applied personnel and health economics.

• Study of incentives in organisations
• Economics of pay & promotion
• Economics of discrimination
• Economics of lifestyle behaviours
• Economics of health inequalities
• Economics of the health workforce

Peer reviewed grant income

• "Socioeconomic inequalities in health and behaviour: Application of novel approaches to identify health inequality in Scotland and England to inform policy". B Eberth (PI), UG Gerdtham, A Ludbrook, and R Hernandez. Awarding Body: Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health & Social Care Directorates, 2010-2013, £94,311.

Supervision

Ana Noveria, Oct 2016 - June 2020 (with Nils Braakmann and John Wildman)

Yemi Oyedeji, October 2019 - ongoing (with Nils Braakmann and Roberto Bonilla)

Prior to joining NUBS, Barbara has supervised two PhD students to completion: 

• Dominik Nkhoma. Social determinants of and inequalities in health and health care in Malawi. 2011-2014, University of Aberdeen
• Frauke Becker. An economic analysis of dietary and physical activity behaviours: consequences for obesity interventions. 2008-2012, University of Aberdeen

Barbara also has experience in MSc and undergraduate supervision.

Esteem indicators

• 2012-2020 Member of the management committee as elected treasurer of the Scottish Economic Society
• 2009- Elected Council member of the Scottish Economic Society
• 2012- Member of the organisation committee for the Scottish Economic Society conference
• 2010- Member of the scientific committee for the Scottish Economic Society conference
• 2008 Member of the organisation and scientific committee for the joint UK and Nordic Health Economist's Study Group Meeting, University of Aberdeen
• May 2013- April 2014 Health Economics Research Unit, External Seminar Series Organiser
• Organiser of the Health Econometrics Working Group, Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, May 2007 – Oct 2009, and Nov 2010 – July 2012

Invited presentations

• Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE) - Scottish Government Policy Forum on "Health inequalities - challenges and responses", Edinburgh, Scotland, June 2014
• Chief Scientist Office workshop on: "Measuring, understanding and tackling health inequalities: new insights from Scottish research", Edinburgh, Scotland, February 2011

Academic referee

• Applied Economics, Economic Inquiry, Health Economics, Journal of Health Economics, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Social Science & Medicine, Singapore Economic Review, Nordic Journal of Health Economics, Health Economics

Current Teaching

ECO1100 Economic Analysis (undergraduate) Module leader

ECO3022 Health Economics (undergraduate) Module leader

ECO2021 Economics of Inequality and Disadvantage (undergraduate) Lecturer

Previous Teaching

ECO1002 Economic Analysis (undergraduate) Module leader

ECO3019 Dissertation Part I (undergraduate) Module leader

ECO3030 Dissertation Part II (undergraduate) Module leader

ECO2013 Investment & Economic Evaluation (undergraduate)

ECO2098/ECO2015 Applied Economics (undergraduate) Module leader

ECO3011 Intercalating Year Personal Learning Record (undergraduate) Module leader

ECO3015 Intercalating Year Reflective Learning Account (undergraduate)

MSc Economics of Health (postgraduate):

Introduction to Health Economics

Economics of the Health Workforce

• Articles

  • Braakmann N, Eberth B. . Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society 2026, 65(1), 45-63.
  • Braakmann N, Eberth B, Wildman J. . European Economic Review 2022, 150, 104325.
  • Eberth B, van der Pol M, Kemenev D. . Journal of Public Health 2022, 30, 587-597.
  • Olajide D, Eberth B, Ludbrook A. . Frontiers in Public Health 2022, 10, 847938.
  • Eberth B, Elliott RF, Skåtun D. . The European Journal of Health Economics 2016, 17(6), 771–785.
  • Eberth B, Olajide D, Craig P, Ludbrook A. . Journal of Public Health 2014, 36(1), 72-80.
  • Norwood P, Eberth B, Farrar S, Anable J, Ludbrook A. . Social Science & Medicine 2014, 113, 50-58.
  • Barmby T, Eberth B, Ma A. . Labour Economics 2012, 19(1), 76-81.
  • Barmby T, Bryson A, Eberth B. . Economics Letters 2012, 17(3), 548-551.
  • Eberth B, Smith MD. Modelling the participation decision and duration of sporting activity in Scotland. Economic Modelling 2010, 27(4), 822-834.
  • Eberth B, Watson V, Ryan M, Hughes J, Barnett G. Does One Size Fit All? Investigating Heterogeneity in Men's Preferences for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Treatment Using Mixed Logit Analysis. Medical Decision Making 2009, 29(6), 707-715.
  • Barmby T, Eberth B. Worker turnover and matching - Implications for estimating the returns to tenure. Economics Letters 2008, 101(2), 137-139.