About
Tønnessen is an economist with a PhD in demography from the University of Oslo. She has been head of the Norwegian population projections in the research department of Statistics Norway, and her research fields include immigration and emigration, demographic consequences of migration as well as regional population development and domestic migration. She has also been a Fulbright student at Princeton University and a researcher in demography at Stockholm University.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Demography Social sciences Economics
Subject areas
Population development Demography Population geography Demography Immigration Emigration Population Etniske relasjoner Work migration International migration Migration and family Demographic change Population projections
Regions
Countries
Research projects
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Emigration from today’s Norway: Who, why, and how does it shape Norwegian society? (EXITNORWAY)
Little is known about those who emigrate from Norway today, why they leave, and how their emigration affects Norwegian society.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Tønnessen, Marianne; Mussino, Eleonora; Aradhya, Siddartha (2021). How Assad changed population growth in Sweden and Norway: Syrian refugees’ impact on Nordic national and municipal demography. PLOS ONE .
Tønnessen, Marianne; Wilson, Ben (2020). Visualising Immigrant Fertility Profiles of Childbearing and their Implications for Migration Research. Journal of International Migration and Integration .
Skjerpen, Terje; Tønnessen, Marianne
(2020).
Using future age profiles to improve immigration projections.
Population Studies
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00324...
Tønnessen, Marianne; Mussino, Eleonora (2020). Fertility patterns of migrants from low-fertility countries in Norway. Demographic Research . Vol. 42.
Tønnessen, Marianne; Dzamarija, Minja Tea; Drahus, Kristin M. (2020). Demographic Profile of Syrians in Norway. Comparative Demography of the Syrian Diaspora: European and Middle Eastern Destinations. Kapittel om syrere i Norge. p. 281-301. Springer.
Tønnessen, Marianne (2019). Declined Total Fertility Rate Among Immigrants and the Role of Newly Arrived Women in Norway. European Journal of Population .
Tønnessen, Marianne; Telle, Kjetil Elias; Syse, Astri (2016). Childhood residential mobility and long-term outcomes. Acta Sociologica .
Tønnessen, Marianne (2015). Aldring i Norge. Sosiologi i dag .
Cappelen, Ådne; Skjerpen, Terje; Tønnessen, Marianne (2015). Forecasting Immigration in Official Population Projections Using an Econometric Model. International Migration Review . Vol. 49.
Tønnessen, Marianne; Carling, Jørgen (2013). Fathers' whereabouts and children's welfare in Malawi. Development Southern Africa .
