Philippe Bocquier

Philippe Bocquier

Philippe Bocquier holds an MA and a PhD in demography from Sorbonne University in Paris, as well as an MSc in Statistics from the London School of Economics and Political Science. From 1988 to 2008, he held various research positions for the French Institut de recherche pour le développement, being posted in Senegal, Mali, and Kenya. In 2008-2010, he was a lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, where he holds now an Honorary Senior Researcher position. He has a long experience in longitudinal analysis, using both retrospective survey data and health and demographic surveillance systems. His research interests range from urban projections to demographic transition and from urban integration to entry into adulthood. His current research focus is on migration and health interrelationships.

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Université catholique de Louvain

philippe.bocquier@uclouvain.be
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17 August 2023 | research article

The dynamic role of household structure on under-5 mortality in southern and eastern sub-Saharan Africa

Ashira Menashe-Oren, Philippe Bocquier, Carren Ginsburg, Yacouba Compaoré, Mark Collinson

Volume: 49 Article ID: 11
Pages: 249–294
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2023.49.11

09 May 2023 | research article

Migration’s contribution to the urban transition: Direct census estimates from Africa and Asia

Philippe Bocquier, Ashira Menashe-Oren, Wanli Nie

Volume: 48 Article ID: 24
Pages: 681–732
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2023.48.24

03 May 2018 | research article

A regional perspective on the economic determinants of urban transition in 19th-century France

Philippe Bocquier, Sandra Brée

Volume: 38 Article ID: 50
Pages: 1535–1576
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2018.38.50

26 May 2016 | research article

Human capital on the move: Education as a determinant of internal migration in selected INDEPTH surveillance populations in Africa

Carren Ginsburg, Philippe Bocquier, Donatien Beguy, Sulaimon Afolabi, Orvalho Augusto, Karim Derra, Frank Odhiambo, Mark Otiende, Abdramane B. Soura, Pascal Zabre, Michael White, Mark Collinson

Volume: 34 Article ID: 30
Pages: 845–884
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2016.34.30

17 December 2015 | research article

Which transition comes first? Urban and demographic transitions in Belgium and Sweden

Philippe Bocquier, Rafael Costa

Volume: 33 Article ID: 48
Pages: 1297–1332
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2015.33.48

10 September 2010 | research article

Circular migration patterns and determinants in Nairobi slum settlements

Donatien Beguy, Philippe Bocquier, Eliya Msiyaphazi Zulu

Volume: 23 Article ID: 20
Pages: 549–586
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2010.23.20

04 May 2005 | research article

World Urbanization Prospects

Philippe Bocquier

Volume: 12 Article ID: 9
Pages: 197–236
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2005.12.9