Willem Adema

Willem Adema is a Senior Economist in the OECD Social Policy Division. Willem leads a team of analysts of Family, Children, Gender and Housing Policies and his team maintains the OECD Family database; the OECD Child Well-Being Portal; the OECD Gender Data Portal; the OECD Social Expenditure database and the Affordable Housing Database. In recent years, OECD reports that were produced by Willem and his team include: Rejuvenating Korea - Policies for a Changing Society; Is the Last Mile the Longest? Economic Gains from Gender Equality in Nordic Countries; The Pursuit of Gender Equality: An Uphill Battle; Dare to Share: Germany s Experience Promoting Equal Partnership in Families; and Policies to promote access to good-quality affordable housing in OECD countries.Willem graduated from the Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam and holds a doctorate from St. Edmund Hall, University of Oxford.