Research
My research traces long-term patterns of social inequality — intergenerational occupational mobility, assortative mating, and the history of women’s work — using large-scale historical population data drawn from marriage records, censuses, and civil registration. A second strand looks at historical demography, particularly life expectancy and excess mortality, including during the 1918–19 influenza pandemic. Much of this work centers on the Netherlands during industrialization, but the classifications and scales it produced, like HISCAM, are used comparatively across countries.
Meltem Dişli, Giulia Osti, Gustavo Candela, Richard L. Zijdeman — Information Technology and Libraries, 2025
Peter E. Woltjer, Ivo Zandhuis, B. Coret, M. Lindeman, J.D. Balkenende, Richard L. Zijdeman, Rick J. Mourits — Historical Life Course Studies, 2024
Kees Mandemakers, Gerrit Bloothooft, Fons Laan, Jelte Raad, Rick J. Mourits, Richard L. Zijdeman — Historical Life Course Studies, 2023
Auke Rijpma, Ingrid K. Van Dijk, Ruben Schalk, Richard L. Zijdeman, Rick J. Mourits — Economics & Human Biology, 2022
Rick J. Mourits, Ruben Schalk, Albert Meroño-Peñuela, Jelte Raad, Auke Rijpma, B. Van den Hout, Richard L. Zijdeman — Historical Life Course Studies, 2021
Albert Meroño-Peñuela, Victor De Boer, Marieke Van Erp, Richard L. Zijdeman, Rick Mourits, Wouter Melder, Auke Rijpma, Ruben Schalk — Applications and Practices in Ontology Design, Extraction, and Reasoning, 2020
Book chapter
Richard L. Zijdeman — Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis / The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History, 2017
Marco H.D. van Leeuwen, Richard L. Zijdeman — The History of the Family, 2014
Paul S. Lambert, Richard L. Zijdeman, Marco H.D. van Leeuwen, Ineke Maas, Kenneth Prandy — Historical Methods, 2013
Assortative mating by occupational status during early industrialization
Richard L. Zijdeman, Ineke Maas — Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 2010
Measuring social structure in the past
Richard L. Zijdeman, Paul S. Lambert — Revue Belge d'Histoire Contemporaine, 2010
Like my father before me: intergenerational occupational status transfer during industrialization
Richard L. Zijdeman — Continuity & Change, 2009
Intergenerational transfer of occupational status in nineteenth century Zeeland
Richard L. Zijdeman — International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 2008