Journal Articles
Dinkelman, Taryn, David Lam, and Murray Leibbrandt. "Linking Poverty and Income Shocks to Risky Sexual Behavior: Evidence from a Panel Study of Young Adults in Cape Town." South African Journal of Economics, 76 (S1): 53-74. 2008.
Lam, David, and Leticia Marteleto. "Stages of the Demographic Transition from a Child’s Perspective: Family Size, Cohort Size, and Children’s Resources." Population and Development Review, 34 (2): 225-252. 2008.
Duryea, Suzanne, David Lam, and Deborah Levison. "Effects of Economic Shocks on Children's Employment and Schooling in Brazil." Journal of Development Economics, 84 (1): 188-214. 2007.
Lam, David. "The Demography and Economics of the World's `Youth Bulge'." Development Outreach, June. 2007.
Dinkelman, Taryn, David Lam, and Murray Leibbrandt. "Household and community income, economic shocks and risky sexual behavior of young adults: Evidence from the Cape Area Panel Study 2002 and 2005." AIDS, 21 Suppl 7: 49-56. 2007.
Levison, Deborah, Jasper Hoek, David Lam, and Suzanne Duryea. "Intermittent child employment and its implications for estimates of child labour." International Labour Review, 146 (3-4): 217-251. 2007.
Ardington, Cally, David Lam, Murray Leibbrandt, and Matthew Welch. "The sensitivity to key data imputations of recent estimates of income poverty and inequality in South Africa." Economic Modelling, 23 (5): 822-835. 2006.
Lam, David, and Leticia Marteleto. "A Escolaridade das Crianças Brasileiras durante a Transicão Demográfica: Aumento no Tamanho da Coorte versus Diminuicão no Tamanho da Família." Pesquisa e Planejamento Econômico (PPE), 36 (2): 319-341. 2006.
Ardington, C., David Lam, Murray Leibbrandt, and James A. Levinsohn. "Savings, insurance and debt over the post-apartheid period: A review of recent research." South African Journal of Economics, 72 (3): 621-657. 2004.
Lam, David, and Kermyt G. Anderson. "Causes and Consequences of Schooling Outcomes in South Africa: Evidence from Survey Data." Social Dynamics, 27 (1): 37-59. 2001.
Lam, David, and Suzanne Duryea. "Effects of Schooling on Fertility, Labor Supply, and Investments in Children, with Evidence from Brazil." The Journal of Human Resources, 34 (1): 160-192. 1999.
Anderson, Kermyt G., Hillard Kaplan, David Lam, and Jane B. Lancaster. "Paternal Care by Genetic Fathers and Stepfathers II: Reports by Xhosa High School Students." Evolution and Human Behavior, 20 (6): 433-451. 1999.
Anh, Truong Si, John E. Knodel, David Lam, and Jed Friedman. "Family Size and Children's Education in Vietnam." Demography, 35 (1): 57-70. 1998.
Lam, David, and Jeffrey A. Miron. "The Effect of Temperature on Human Fertility." Demography, 33 (3): 291-305. 1996.
Lam, David, and Robert F. Schoeni. "Family Ties and Labor Markets in the United States and Brazil." The Journal of Human Resources, 29 (4): 1235-58. 1994.
Lam, David, and Jeffrey A. Miron. "Global Patterns of Seasonal Variation in Human Fertility." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 709: 9-28. 1994.
Lam, David, Jeffrey A. Miron, and Ann Riley. "Modeling Seasonality in Fecundability, Conceptions, and Births." Demography, 31 (2): 321-46. 1994.
Lam, David, and Robert F. Schoeni. "Effects of Family Background on Earnings and Returns to Schooling: Evidence from Brazil." Journal of Political Economy, 101 (4): 710-40. 1993.
Lam, David. "Comment on Preston and Campbell's "Differential Fertility and the Distribution of Traits"." American Journal of Sociology, 98: 1033-39. 1993.
Lam, David, and Deborah Levison. "Age, Experience, and Schooling: Decomposing Earnings Inequality in the United States and Brazil." Sociological Inquiry, 62 (2): 218-45. 1992.
Lam, David, and Deborah Levison. "Declining Inequality in Schooling in Brazil and Its Effects on Inequality in Earnings." Journal of Developmental Economics, 37: 199-225. 1992.
Lam, David, and Jeffrey A. Miron. "Seasonality of Births in Human Populations." Social Biology, 38: 51-78. 1991.
Lam, David, and Deborah Levison. "Idade, Experiencia, Escolaridade e Diferenciais de Renda: Estados Unidos e Brasil." Pesquisa e Planejamento Economico, 20: 219-56. 1990.
Lam, David. "Population Growth, Age Structure, and Age-Specific Productivity." Journal of Population Economics, 2: 189-210. 1989.
Bergstrom, Theodore, and David Lam. "Recovering Event Histories by Cubic Spline Interpolation." Mathematical Population Studies, 1 (4): 327-55. 1989.
Lam, David. "Marriage Markets and Assortative Mating with Household Public Goods: Theoretical Results and Empirical Implications." The Journal of Human Resources, 23 (4): 462-87. 1988.
Lam, David. "Lorenz Curves, Inequality, and Social Welfare under Changing Population Composition." Journal of Policy Modeling, 10 (1): 141-62. 1988.
Lam, David. "The Dynamics of Population Growth, Differential Fertility, and Inequality." American Economic Review, 76 (5): 1103-16. 1986.
Lam, David. "The Variance of Poulation Characteristics in Stable Populations, with Applications to the Distribution of Income." Population Studies, 38 (1): 117-27. 1984.
Chapters
Lam, David, Murray Leibbrandt, and Vimal Ranchhod. "Labor Force Withdrawal of the Elderly in South Africa." In Advancing the Research Agenda on Aging in Africa edited by Jane Menken and Barney Cohen. Washington DC : National Academies Press. 2006.
Lam, David, and Leticia Marteleto. "Small Families and Large Cohorts: The Impact of the Demographic Transition on Schooling in Brazil." In Growing Up Global: The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries edited by Cynthia B. Lloyd. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. 2005.
Lam, David, and Leticia Marteleto. "Small families and large cohorts : the impact of the demographic transition on schooling in Brazil." In The changing transitions to adulthood in developing countries : selected studies edited by Cynthia Lloyd. 56-83. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. 2005.
Lam, David. "Evolutionary Biology and Rational Choice in Models of Fertility." In Offspring: Human Fertility Behavior in Biodemographic Perspective edited by K.W. Wachter and R. Bulatao. Pp. 322-338. Washington DC : National Academies Press. 2003.
Lam, David. "Gary S. Becker." In The Encyclopedia of Population. edited by P. Demeny and G. McNicoll. New York: Macmillan. 2002.
Lam, David. "Income Distribution: Demographic Aspects." In International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences edited by Paul Baltes and Neil Smelser. pp. 7271-7273. New York : Elsevier. 2001.
Lam, David. "Demographic Variables and Income Inequality." In Handbook of Population and Family Economics edited by Mark K. Rosenzweig and Oded Stark. New York: Elsevier Science. 1997.
Bergstrom, Theodore, and David Lam. "The Effects of Cohort Size on Marriage-Markets in Twentieth-Century Sweden." In The Family, the Market, and the State in Ageing Societies edited by J. Ermisch and N. Ogawa. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press. 1994.
Lam, David, and Jeffrey A. Miron. "Temperature and the Seasonality of Births." In Temperature and Environmental Effects on the Testis edited by A.W. Zorgnoitti. Pp. 73-88. New York, NY: Plenum Press. 1991.
Lam, David. "Distribution Issues in the Relationship between Population Growth and Economic Development." In Population Growth and Economic Development: Issues and Evidence edited by D. Gale Johnson and Ronald Demos Lee. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. 1987.
Conference Proceedings
Marteleto, Leticia, David Lam, and Vimal Ranchhod. "Sexual Behavior, Childbearing, Union Formation and Schooling in South Africa: Evidence from Panel Data." IUSSP Seminar, El Colegio de México Cholula, Puebla, Mexico, 6-9 November, 2006. No. .
Lam, David, and Leticia Marteleto. "Stages of the Demographic Transition from a Child's Perspective: Family Size, Cohort Size, and Schooling." Annals of the XXV International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, Tours, France: July. 2005. No. .
PSC Reports
Lam, David, Cally Ardington, and Murray Leibbrandt. "Schooling as a Lottery: Racial Differences in School Advancement in Urban South Africa." PSC Research Report No. 08-632. February 2008.
Marteleto, Leticia, David Lam, and Vimal Ranchhod. "Schooling and Early Childbearing in Urban South Africa." PSC Research Report No. 06-610. October 2006.
Lam, David, and Leticia Marteleto. "Stages of the Demographic Transition from a Child’s Perspective: Family Size, Cohort Size, and Children’s Resources." PSC Research Report No. 06-591. March 2006.
Duryea, Suzanne, David Lam, and Deborah Levison. "Effects of Economic Shocks on Children's Employment and Schooling in Brazil." PSC Research Report No. 03-541. December 2003.
Levison, Deborah, Jasper Hoek, David Lam, and Suzanne Duryea. "Implications of Intermittent Employment for Child Labor Estimates." PSC Research Report No. 03-539. October 2003.
Lam, David, and Leticia Marteleto. "Small Families and Large Cohorts: The Impact of the Demographic Transition on Schooling in Brazil." PSC Research Report No. 02-519. August 2002.
Anderson, Kermyt G., Anne Case, and David Lam. "Causes and Consequences of Schooling Outcomes in South Africa: Evidence from Survey Data." PSC Research Report No. 01-490. October 2001.
Lam, David. "Generating Extreme Inequality: Schooling, Earnings, and Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital in South Africa and Brazil." PSC Research Report No. 99-439. August 1999.
Lam, David. "Demographic Variables and Income Inequality." PSC Research Report No. 97-385. April 1997.
Lam, David, and Suzanne Duryea. "Effects of Schooling on Fertility, Labor Supply, and Investments in Children, with Evidence from Brazil." PSC Research Report No. 95-351. November 1995.
Lam, David, and Jeffrey A. Miron. "The Effects of the Weather on Fertility in Human Populations." PSC Research Report No. 93-291. September 1993.
Lam, David, and Robert F. Schoeni. "Family Ties and Labor Markets in the United States and Brazil." PSC Research Report No. 93-283. July 1993.
Lam, David, Guilherme Sedlacek, and Suzanne Duryea. "Increases in Women's Education and Fertility Decline in Brazil." PSC Research Report No. 92-255. September 1992.
Lam, David, Jeffrey A. Miron, and Ann Riley. "Modeling Seasonality in Fecundability and Births." PSC Research Report No. 92-244. July 1992.
Bergstrom, Theodore, and David Lam. "The Effects of Cohort Size on Marriage Markets in Twentieth Century Sweden." PSC Research Report No. 89-171. November 1989.
Lam, David, and Deborah Levison. "Declining Inequality in Schooling in Brazil and Its Effects on Inequality in Earnings." PSC Research Report No. 89-170. November 1989.
Lam, David. "Population Growth, Age Structure, and Age-Specific Productivity: Does a Uniform Age Distribution Minimize Lifetime Wages?" PSC Research Report No. 88-121. June 1988.
Lam, David. "Marriage Markets and Assortative Mating with Household Public Goods." PSC Research Report No. 88-120. June 1988.
Lam, David, and Jeffrey A. Miron. "The Seasonality of Births in Human Populations." PSC Research Report No. 87-114. September 1987.
Lam, David, and Deborah Levison. "Age, Experience, and Schooling: Decomposing Earnings Inequality in the U.S. and Brazil." PSC Research Report No. 87-112. August 1987.
Lam, David. "Lorenz Curves and Inequality Comparisons under Changing Population Composition." PSC Research Report No. 86-92. April 1986.
Lam, David. "The Dynamics of Population Growth, Differential Fertility, and Inequality." PSC Research Report No. 85-69. April 1985.
Other Reports
Lam, David. "The demography of youth in developing countries and its economic implications." World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 4022. April 2006.
Lam, David, Murray Leibbrandt, and Vimal Ranchhod. "Labour force withdrawal of the elderly in South Africa." University of Cape Town, Centre for Social Science Research Working Paper 05-118. 2005.
