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Prof. dr. ir. F.J. (Frans) Willekens

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Function


Director
 
Affiliations


Professor of Demography at the Population Research Centre, University of Groningen
Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

 
Educational background


Economics / Agricultural engineering
 
Expertise


Multistate demography, population forecasting, statistical demography, analysis of life history data, reconstruction of life histories from incomplete data
 
Phone


++ 31 (0)70 3565227
 
E-mail


willekens@nidi.nl
 
Publications
Beets, G.C.N. & F.J. Willekens (2009),
De crisis en internationale migratie. Demos, bulletin over bevolking en samenleving 25 (9): 5-7. [pdf]
Beets, G. & F. Willekens (2009),
The global economic crisis and international migration: an uncertain outlook. Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2009: 19-37. [pdf]
Reuser, M., L.G. Bonneux & F.J. Willekens (2009),
Smoking kills, obesity disables: a multistate approach of the US Health and Retirement Survey. Obesity 17 (4): 783-789. [pdf]
Willekens, F. (2009),
Continuous-time microsimulation in longitudinal analysis. In: A. Zaidi, A. Harding & P. Williamson (eds.), New frontiers in microsimulation modelling. Surrey, UK: Ashgate Publishing Ltd, p. 413-436.
Bosch, A.M., F.J. Willekens, A.H. Baqui, J.K.S. van Ginneken & I. Hutter (2008),
Association between age at menarche and early life nutritional status in rural Bangladesh. Journal of Biosocial Science 40 (2): 223-237. [pdf]
Raymer, J. & F.Willekens (eds.) (2008),
International migration in Europe; data, models and estimates. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons. 385 p. € 91.00
International migration in Europe; data, models and estimates
Willekens, F. (2008),
Family and households demography. In: Z. Yi (ed.), Demography. In: Encyclopedia of life support systems (EOLSS), Developed under the auspices of the UNESCO, Oxford: EOLSS Publishers. [web]
Willekens, F. (2008),
Laudation for Ron Lesthaeghe. In: J. Surkyn, P. Deboosere & J. van Bavel (eds.), Demographic challenges for the 21st century: a state of the art in demography; conference organized as a tribute to the continuing endeavours of Prof.dr.em. Ron Lesthaeghe in the field of demography. Brussels: VUBPRESS Brussels University Press, p. 15-24.
Beer, J. de, N. van der Gaag & F. Willekens (2007),
A tool for projecting age patterns based on a standard age schedule and assumptions on relative risks using linear splines: TOPALS. In: Eurostat, Work session on demographic projections; Bucharest, 10-12 October 2007. Methodologies and working papers; 2007 edition, p. 211-235. [pdf]
Gampe, J., S. Zinn; F. Willekens & N. van den Gaag (2007),
Population forecasting via microsimulation: the software design of the MicMac-project. In: Eurostat, Work session on demographic projections; Bucharest, 10-12 October 2007. Methodologies and working papers; 2007 edition, p. 237-241. [pdf]
Padmadas, S.S., J.G. Dias & F.J. Willekens (2006),
Disentangling women's responses on complex dietary intake patterns from an Indian cross-sectional survey: a latent class analysis. Public Health Nutrition 9 (2): 204-211. [pdf]
Willekens, F. (2006),
Territorio y análysis demográfico; una síntesis necesaria. In: J.A.F. Cordon & J.L. Maldonado (eds.), Análysis territorial de la demografía española. Madrid: Fundación Fernando Abril Martorell, p. 17-52.
Willekens, F. (2005),
Towards a system of reproductive health accounts, NIDI report nr. 68. Den Haag: NIDI. 98 p. € 12.50 [pdf]
Bonneux, L., J.J. Barendregt, F.J. Willekens, J.P. Mackenbach, A.A. Mamun & A. Peeters (2005),
Overgewicht eist zware tol; gezondheidsrisico vergelijkbaar met dat bij roken. Demos, bulletin over bevolking en samenleving 21 (1): 1-4. [pdf]
Dias, J.G. & F. Willekens (2005),
Model-based clustering of sequential data with an application to contraceptive use dynamics. Mathematical Population Studies 12 (3): 135-157. [pdf]
Kommission "Familie und demographischer Wandel" (2005),
Starke Familie. Stuttgart: Robert Bosch Stiftung, 120 p. [pdf]
Willekens, F. (2005),
Biographic forecasting: bridging the micro-macro gap in population forecasting. New Zealand Population Review 31 (1): 77-124. [pdf]
Mamun, A. Al, A. Peeters, J. Barendregt, F. Willekens, W. Nusselder & L. Bonneux (2004),
Smoking decreases the duration of life lived with and without cardiovascular disease: a life course analysis of the Framingham Heart Study. European Heart Journal 25 (5): 409-415. [pdf]
Padmadas, S., I. Hutter & F. Willekens (2004),
Compression of women's reproductive spans in Andhra Pradesh, India. International Family Planning Perspectives 30 (1): 12-19. [pdf]
Reuser, M., F. Willekens & J. Eckhardt-Gerritsen (2004),
Real time estimates for donor assistance for population and AIDS activities (2003 and preliminary 2004 data). The Hague: NIDI, 21 p.
Willekens, F. (2004),
Biografische vrijheid: individueel gedrag en demografische verandering. Bevolking en Gezin 33 (3): 41-51.
Willekens, F. (2004),
In memoriam Evert van Imhoff (1959-2004). Bevolking en Gezin 33 (2), boekaflevering: 1-4.
Matsuo, H. & F. Willekens (2003),
Event histories in the Netherlands Fertility and Family Survey 1998: A technical report. PRC Research Report 2003-1, Groningen: Population Research Centre, University of Groningen. 119 p.
Peeters, A, J.J. Barendregt, F. Willekens, J.P. Mackenbach, A. Al Mamun & L. Bonneux (2003),
Obesity in adulthood and its consequences for life expectancy: a life-table analysis. Annals of Internal Medicine 138 (1): 24-32. [pdf]
Rogers, A., F. Willekens & J. Raymer (2003),
Imposing age and spatial structures on inadequate migration-flow datasets. Professional Geographer 55 (1): 56-69. [pdf]
Willekens, F. (2003),
Multistate demography. In: P. Demeny & G. McNicoll (eds.), Encyclopedia of population. New York etc.: McMillan Reference USA, p. 681-684.
Padmadas, S., I. Hutter & F. Willekens (2002),
Weaning initiation patterns and subsequent linear growth progression among children aged 2-4 years in India. International Journal of Epidemiology 31 (4): 855-863. [pdf]
Peeters, A, A.A. Mamun, F. Willekens & L. Bonneux (2002),
A cardiovascular life history, European Heart Journal, 23 (6): 458-466. [pdf]
Tabeau, E., F. Willekens & F. van Poppel (2002),
Parameterisation as a tool in analysing age, period and cohort effects on mortality: a case study of the Netherlands. In: G.Wunsch, M. Mouchart & J. Duchene (eds.), The life table: modelling survival and death. Dordrecht etc.: Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 141-169.
Willekens, F. (2001),
Theoretical and technical orientation toward longitudinal research in the social sciences, Canadian Studies in Population, 28 (2): 189-218.
Willekens, F. (1999),
Modeling approaches to the indirect estimation of migration flows: from entropy to EM, Mathematical Population Studies, 7 (3): 239-278.
Willekens, F. (1999),
The life course: models and analysis. In: L.J.G. van Wissen & P.A. Dykstra (eds.), Population issues: an interdisciplinary focus, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, p. 23-51.
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Frans Willekens
 


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