Dilek Yildiz

Research Scholar

Multidimensional Demographic Modeling Research Group

Population and Just Societies

Biography

Dilek Yildiz joined the World Population (POP) Program as a research scholar in July 2017. She completed her PhD on 'Combining administrative data sources to estimate population counts' at the University of Southampton, Department of Social Statistics and Demography, in 2016. Previously, she worked as a teaching assistant and as a researcher at the University of Southampton. She also worked at various stages of the Turkey Demographic and Health Survey-2008, and as a research assistant at Hacettepe University, where she also completed her MSc in Economic and Social Demography. Her current research interests are in statistical demography with a focus on Bayesian projections/reconstruction of multistate populations, population count estimates, and investigating on the use of big data sources. Dr. Yildiz has also been working as a post-doctoral researcher at the Vienna Institute of Demography since February 2016.

Last update: 15 JAN 2018

Publications

Durowaa-Boateng, A., Goujon, A. , & Yildiz, D. (2023). A Bayesian model for the reconstruction of education- and age-specific fertility rates: An application to African and Latin American countries. Demographic Research 49 (31) 809-848. 10.4054/DemRes.2023.49.31.

Durowaa-Boateng, A., Yildiz, D. , & Goujon, A. (2023). A Bayesian model for the reconstruction of education- and age-specific fertility rates: An application to African and Latin American countries. IIASA Working Paper. Laxenburg, Austria: WP-23-007

Yildiz, D. , van Wissen, L., Olaya Bucaro, O. , & K.C., S. (2023). Migration scenarios and their demographic impacts for the EU member states. Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.8191587.

Moradhvaj, M., Yildiz, D. , & K.C., S. (2023). The Role of Maternal Education in Reducing Excess Deaths among Girls in India. IIASA Working Paper. Laxenburg, Austria: WP-23-006

Yildiz, D. , Adali, T., & Özdemir, C. (2023). La république turque a 100 ans. Qu’en est-il de sa population ? Population & Sociétés 608 (2) 1-4. 10.3917/popsoc.608.0001.