F.J. (Frans) Willekens

Research output

Research output per year 1973 1977 1985 1986 1991 1993 2006 2008 2023

• 74 Article
• 73 Chapter
• 48 Report
• 15 Paper
• 33 More
  • 13 Contribution to conference proceedings
  • 6 Book
  • 6 Software
  • 3 Working paper/Discussion paper
  • 2 Special issue (editorship)
  • 2 Book/Film/Article review
  • 1 PhD thesis

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2023

  Forecasting place-to-place migration with generalized linear models

  Willekens, F. & Baydar, N., 02 Oct 2023, Population structures and models; developments in spatial demography. Woods, R. & Rees, P. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 203-244

  Research output: Chapter in book/volume › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Programmatic access to open statistical data for population studies: The SDMX standard

  Willekens, F., 13 Dec 2023, In: Demographic Research. 39, 40, p. 1117-1162

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

• The past, present and future of CPoS

  Willekens, F., Schiefer, K., Sander, N. & Spiess, K., 25 Oct 2023, In: Comparative Population Studies. 48, p. i-vi

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2022

  Families: Kinship ties in virtual populations: R package V1.0.1

  Willekens, F., 08 Jul 2022

  Research output: Non-textual form › Software › Scientific

  Open Access

  • kinship 100%

• Simulation of international migration with individual preferences and immigration quota

  Willekens, F., 28 Apr 2022, Southampton: University of Southampton. 90 p. (QuantMig Project Deliverable; no. D2.4)

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Scientific

  Open Access

• VirtualPop: Simulation of populations by sampling waiting-time distributions: R package V1.0.2

  Willekens, F. & Riffe, T., 23 Jun 2022

  Research output: Non-textual form › Software › Scientific

  Open Access

  • fertility 100%
  • simulation 94%
  • genealogy 63%
  • life-span 60%
  • mortality 50%
• 2021

  The emigration decision process; foundations for modelling

  Willekens, F., 21 Jul 2021, Southampton: University of Southampton. 54 p. (QuantMig Project Deliverable; no. D2.3)

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Scientific

  Open Access
• 2019

  Evidence-Based Monitoring of International Migration Flows in Europe

  Willekens, F. J., Mar 2019, In: Journal of Official Statistics. 35, 1, p. 231–277

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Migration 100%
  • Monitoring 91%
  • Evidence 74%
  • Actors 24%
  • Estimate 24%
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Spatial demography: A unifying core and agenda for further research

  Raymer, J., Willekens, F. J. & Rogers, A., May 2019, In: Population, Space and Place. 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • demography 100%
  • population development 29%
  • economist 28%
  • social scientist 28%
  • spatial data 27%
  17 Citations (Scopus)

  393 Downloads (Pure)

• Towards causal forecasting of international migration

  Willekens, F. J., Jun 2019, In: Vienna Yearbook of Population Research. 16, p. 199-218

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

  • international migration 100%
  • migration 64%
  • uncertainty 41%
  • technological change 20%
  • socioeconomic development 19%
  11 Citations (Scopus)
• 2018

  Demography and life choices

  Willekens, F. J., 05 Feb 2018, In: Demotrends.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Professional

  Open Access

• Interdisciplinary Research on Healthy Aging

  Willekens, F. J. (Guest ed.), Carey, J. (Guest ed.) & Li, Q. (Guest ed.), Jan 2018, In: Demographic Research. 22

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Special issue (editorship) › Scientific

  Open Access

  • health status 59%
  • biological factors 38%
  • quantification 34%
  • old age 30%
  • social factors 25%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Interdisciplinary Research on Healthy Aging: Introduction

  Willekens, F. J., Carey, J. & Li, Q., Jan 2018, In: Demographic Research. 38, p. 233-246

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • causal analysis 100%
  • determinants 20%
  • event 16%
  • demography 15%
  • time 10%
  98 Downloads (Pure)

• Thomas B. Burch: Model-Based Demography: Essays on Integrating Data, Technique and Theory

  Willekens, F. J., Aug 2018, In: European Journal of Population. 34, 3, p. 461–462

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Book/Film/Article review › Scientific
• 2017

  Emigration Rates From Sample Surveys: An Application to Senegal

  Willekens, F. J., Zinn, S. & Leuchter, M., Dec 2017, In: Demography. 54, 6, p. 2159-2179

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Senegal 100%
  • emigration 91%
  • confidence 20%
  • migrant 20%
  • international migration 15%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  143 Downloads (Pure)

• Gebrekkige migratiestatistiek (column)

  Willekens, F. J., 2017, In: Demos: bulletin over bevolking en samenleving. 33, 10, p. 6

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Popularizing

  Open Access

  File
  1642 Downloads (Pure)

• Modelling and simulating decision processes of linked lives: An approach based on concurrent processes and stochastic race

  Warnke, T., Reinhardt, O., Klabunde, A., Willekens, F. J. & Uhrmacher, A., 2017, In: Population Studies: a journal of demography. 71, S1, p. S69-S83

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Language Modeling 100%
  • Decision Process 99%
  • Modeling 92%
  • Demography 41%
  • Computational 32%
  21 Citations (Scopus)

  592 Downloads (Pure)

• Multistate modelling extended by behavioural rules: An application to migration

  Klabunde, A., Zinn, S., Willekens, F. J. & Leuchter, M., 2017, In: Population Studies: a journal of demography. 71, S1, p. S51-S67

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Modeling 100%
  • migration 82%
  • Senegal 72%
  • emigration 65%
  • Emigration 59%
  32 Citations (Scopus)

  254 Downloads (Pure)

• The Science of Choice

  Willekens, F. J. (Guest ed.), Bijak, J. (Guest ed.), Klabunde, A. (Guest ed.) & Prskawetz, A. (Guest ed.), 2017, In: Population Studies: a journal of demography. 71, S1

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Special issue (editorship) › Scientific

  Open Access

• The science of choice: an introduction

  Willekens, F. J., Bijak, J., Klabunde, A. & Prskawetz, A., Oct 2017, In: Population Studies: a journal of demography. 71, Supplement 1, p. S1-S13

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Max Planck 100%
  • Demographics 67%
  • Agent-based Modeling 42%
  • Childbirth 36%
  • Life Course 34%
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  133 Downloads (Pure)

• Visualizing compositional data on the Lexis surface

  Schöley, J. & Willekens, F. J., 2017, In: Demographic Research. 36, p. 627-658 21.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • cause of death 100%
  • demography 96%
  • visualization 84%
  • Group 40%
  • France 34%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  141 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  Biograph Version 2.0.6., Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN)

  Willekens, F. J., 2016

  Research output: Non-textual form › Software › Scientific

  Open Access

• Decision-Making in Agent-Based Models of Migration: State of the Art and Challenges

  Klabunde, A. & Willekens, F. J., 2016, In: European Journal of Population. 32, 1, p. 73-97

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • migration 100%
  • decision making 90%
  • utility theory 42%
  • demography 31%
  • operationalization 30%
  139 Citations (Scopus)

  374 Downloads (Pure)

• Demographic transitions in Europe and the world

  Willekens, F. J., 2016, Population change at work in Europe, the Middle-East and North Africa. Beyond the demographic divide. Matthijs, K., Neels, K., Timmerman, C., Haers, J. & Mels, S. (eds.). Farnham: Ashgate Publishing Ltd., p. 13-44 (International Population Studies).

  Research output: Chapter in book/volume › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Population Dynamics 100%
  • Northern Africa 57%
  • Eastern Africa 55%
  • Middle East 51%
  • Population 32%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• International migration under the microscope

  Willekens, F. J., Massey, D., Raymer, J. & Beauchemin, C., 2016, In: Science. 352, 6288, p. 897-899

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

  • international migration 100%
  • migration 64%
  • Syria 20%
  • lack 18%
  • driver 15%
  91 Citations (Scopus)

• Migration Flows: Measurement, Analysis and Modeling

  Willekens, F. J., 2016, International Handbook of Migration and Population Distribution. White, M. J. (ed.). Springer Netherlands, p. 225-241 (International Handbooks of Population; vol. 6).

  Research output: Chapter in book/volume › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

  • migration 100%
  • interaction 21%
  • projection 16%
  • direction of migration 15%
  • physics 15%

• Recommendations for the analysis of life histories in historical demography

  Willekens, F. J., 2016, The Future of Historical Demography. Upside down and inside out. Matthijs, K., Hin, S., Kok, J. & Matsuo, H. (eds.). Leuven / The Hague: Acco, p. 114-117

  Research output: Chapter in book/volume › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

• The Decision to Emigrate: A Simulation Model Based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour

  Willekens, F. J., 2016, Agent-Based Modelling in Population Studies. Grow, A. & Van Bavel, J. (eds.). Springer International Publishing AG, p. 257-299 (The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis; vol. 41).

  Research output: Chapter in book/volume › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

  • Theory of Planned Behavior 100%
  • Simulation Model 93%
  • International Migration 48%
  • Process Theory 40%
  • Theory of Reasoned Action 40%
  16 Citations (Scopus)
• 2015

  Compression or expansion of dementia in Germany? An observational study of short-term trends in incidence and death rates of dementia between 2006/07 and 2009/10 based on German health insurance data

  Doblhammer, G., Fink, A., Zylla, S. & Willekens, F. J., 2015, In: Alzheimer's Research and Therapy. 7, 66, p. 1-11

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Health Insurance 100%
  • Germany 85%
  • Dementia 79%
  • Observational Studies 74%
  • Mortality 48%
  47 Citations (Scopus)

  133 Downloads (Pure)

• Data bases and statistical systems: demography

  Kreyenfeld, M. & Willekens, F. J., 2015, International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral SciencesInternational Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. Wright, J. D. (ed.). 2 ed. Elsevier B.V., Vol. 8. p. 735-741

  Research output: Chapter in book/volume › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

  • demography 100%
  • microcensus 16%
  • family formation 12%
  • divorce 9%
  • census 8%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Formal demography of families and households

  Willekens, F. J. & van Imhoff, E., 2015, International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral SciencesInternational Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. Wright, J. D. (ed.). 2 ed. Elsevier B.V., Vol. 8. p. 725-730

  Research output: Chapter in book/volume › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

  • demography 100%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• ML3: A language for compact modeling of linked lives in computational demography

  Warnke, T., Klabunde, A., Steiniger, A., Willekens, F. J. & Uhrmacher, A. M., 2015, Proceedings of the 2015 Winter Simulation Conference. Yilmaz, L., Moon, I-C., Chan, W. K., Roeder, T., Mascal, C. & Rossetti, M. (eds.). New York: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), p. 2-12

  Research output: Chapter in book/volume › Contribution to conference proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

  • Demography 100%
  • Modeling languages 34%
  • Algebra 16%
  • Computer programming languages 14%
• 2014

  Agency in population policies

  Willekens, F., 2014, Nico van Nimwegen: The resourceful demographer: Liber Amicorum. van Dalen, H. & Esveldt, I. (eds.). The Hague: Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, p. 50-53

  Research output: Chapter in book/volume › Chapter › Popularizing

  Open Access

  File
  60 Downloads (Pure)

• Demographic transitions in Europe and the world

  Willekens, F., Mar 2014, 32 p. (MPIDR Working Paper; no. WP-2014-004).

  Research output: Working paper/discussion paper › Working paper/Discussion paper › Scientific

  Open Access

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  • demographic transition 100%
  • cultural change 43%
  • mortality 34%
  • fertility 34%
  • path dependence 27%
  244 Downloads (Pure)

• Multistate analysis of life histories with R

  Willekens, F., 2014, Springer. 308 p. (Series: Use R!)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review

• Software for multistate analysis

  Willekens, F. & Putter, H., 2014, In: Demographic Research. 31, p. 381-420 14.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • software 100%
  • innovation 37%
  • demography 31%
  • projection 27%
  • programming 22%
  17 Citations (Scopus)

  169 Downloads (Pure)

• The role of languages for modeling and simulating continuous-time multi-level models in demography

  Steiniger, A., Uhrmacher, A. M., Zinn, S., Gampe, J. & Willekens, F., 2014, Proceedings of the 2014 Winter Simulation Conference. Tolk, A., Diallo, S., Ryzhov, I. O., Buckley, S. J., Yilmaz, L. & Miller, J. A. (eds.). Piscataway, NJ, USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), p. 2978-2989

  Research output: Chapter in book/volume › Contribution to conference proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

  • demography 100%
  • experiment 54%
  • time 32%
  • simulation 24%
  • interaction 14%
  2 Citations (Scopus)
• 2013

  Chronological objects in demographic research

  Willekens, F. J. C., 2013, In: Demographic Research. 28, 23, p. 649-680

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • time 100%
  • event 40%
  • demography 38%
  • software 24%
  • interpretation 21%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  318 Downloads (Pure)

• Daniel Courgeau: Probability and social science: methodological relationships between the two approaches [Review of: . Probability and social science: methodological relationships between the two approaches]

  Willekens, F. J. C., 2013, In: European Journal of Population - Revue Européenne de Population. 29, 1, p. 127-129

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Book/Film/Article review › Professional

• Package in R for multistate life history analysis, version 2.0.3. Published in Comprehensive R Archive (CRAN), 2013.

  Willekens, F. J. C., 2013

  Research output: Non-textual form › Software › Scientific
• 2012

  2012 Biograph: a package in R to explore life history data and to enhance multistate modelling of life histories. Version 2.0. Published on the Comprehensive R Archive Network

  Willekens, F. J. C., 2012

  Research output: Non-textual form › Software › Scientific

• El futuro del análisis longitudinal

  Willekens, F. J. C., 2012, In: Información Estadística y Cartográfica de Andalucía (IECA). 2011, 1, p. 76-77

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Professional

  3 Downloads (Pure)

• Las proyecciones de población como método estadístico

  Willekens, F. J. C., 2012, In: Información Estadística y Cartográfica de Andalucía (IECA). 2011, 1, p. 57-66

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Professional

  4 Downloads (Pure)

• Population on the move: new insights on migration and integration policies in Europe

  de Haas, H., de Valk, H. A. G. & Willekens, F. J. C., 2012, The Hague: Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute. (Population & Policy Compact)

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Professional
• 2011

  A comment on Thomas K. Burch's paper "Does demography need differential equations?

  Willekens, F. J. C., 2011, In: Canadian Studies in Population. 38, 1-2, p. 169-177

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Differential Equations 100%
  • Demography 99%
  • demography 93%
  • Mathematical Modeling 79%
  • mathematical modeling 72%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  268 Downloads (Pure)

• Biograph. A package in R to explore life history data and to enchance multistate modelling of life histories

  Willekens, F. J. C., 2011

  Research output: Non-textual form › Software › Scientific

• Developing a tool to increase transparency in data for reproductive health and family planning: an approach based upon the UNFPA/NIDI Resource Flows Survey. Report prepared for the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)

  Willekens, F. J. C. & RF team, N. V., 2011, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute. 6 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Professional

• Higher education delays and shortens cognitive impairment: a multistate life table analysis of the US Health and Retirement Study

  Reuser, M., Willekens, F. J. C. & Bonneux, L. G. A., 2011, In: European Journal of Epidemiology. 26, 5, p. 395-403

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Life Tables 100%
  • Retirement 96%
  • Cognitive Dysfunction 66%
  • Education 51%
  • Health 39%
  58 Citations (Scopus)

  275 Downloads (Pure)

• La microsimulation dans les projections de population

  Willekens, F. J. C., 2011, In: Cahiers Québécois de Démographie. 40, 2, p. 267-297

  Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Out-of-pocket expenditures (OOPE) for sexual and reproductive health. Background discussion paper for workshop "Tracking Out-of-Pocket Expenditures for Sexual and Reproductive Health, NIDI for UNFPA

  Willekens, F. J. C. & RF team, N. V., 2011, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute. 21 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Professional