Bas Van Leeuwen
Research Institute for History and Art History (OGK) - Econo
Utrecht University
Netherlands
Biography
Born in 1978, studied Dutch Law, European Law, Economic History, and Russian History at the University of Utrecht. MA-theses about the economic influences on the Polish politics in the 1960s and 1970s (De doorwerking van de economische situatie op de Poolse maatschappelijke verhoudingen) and the dynamics of the Dutch 'Poldermodel' (Corporatisme en Deregulering: dualisme als oplossing voor de 'crisis van de welvaartsstaat'). From 2001 to 2006 worked on a phD-project on human capital formation and the standard of living in South-East Asia in the twentieth century.This project, which focussed on the effect of formal and informal education on economic growth and the institutional problems developing countries encounter in the field of education, resulted in a thesis titled "Human Capital and Economic Growth in India, Indonesia and Japan: A quantitative analysis, 1890-2000".
Research Interest
History and Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities
Publications
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van Leeuwen, B. & Foldvari, P. (2016). Economic mobility in a colonial and post-colonial economy: the case of Indonesia. Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 47 (2), (pp. 171-191).
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Xu, Y. & van Leeuwen, B. (2016). China in World Industrialization. China Economist, 11 (6), (pp. 98-109) (12 p.). A translated version from: van Leeuwen, B. & Xu, Y. 2016, 'Zhongguo Gongye de Changqi Biaoxian jiqi Quanqiu Bijiao:1850-2010Nian-Yi Zengjiazhi Hesuan wei Zhongxin,' Zhongguo Jingjishi Yanjiu (Journal of Chinese Economic history research). p. 39-50 11 p..
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Ni, Yuping, Xu, Y. & van Leeuwen, B. (2016). Calculating China’s Historical Economic Aggregate: A GDP-centered Overview. Social Sciences in China, 37 (4), (pp. 56-75) (20 p.). Please note this is a translated version of: Zhongguo Lishi Shiqi Jingji Zongliang Guzhi Yanjiu: Yi GDP De Cesuan Wei Zhongxin Ni, Y., Xu, Y. & van Leeuwen, B. 2015 In : Zhongguo Shehui Kexue (Social Science in China). 5, p. 187-202 15 p..
