Lam, David A., Guilherme Sedlacek, and Suzanne Duryea. 2016. "Increase in women's education and fertility decline in Brazil." Anais do VIII Encontro Nacional de Estudos Populacionais 1: 89-118.

Schiel, Reinhard, Murray Leibbrandt, and David A. Lam. 2016. "Assessing the Impact of Social Grants on Inequality: A South African Case Study." Pp. 112-135 in Contemporary Issues in Development Economics, Palgrave Macmillan, London.

Branson, Nicola, Clare Hofmeyr, and David A. Lam. 2014. "Progress through school and the determinants of school dropout in South Africa." Development Southern Africa 31(1): 106-126.

Lam, David A. 2014. "Youth bulges and youth unemployment." IZA World of Labor 26.

Lam, David A., Leticia Junqueira Marteleto, and Vimal Ranchhod. 2013. "The Influence of Older Classmates on Adolescent Sexual Behavior in Cape Town, South Africa." Studies in Family Planning 44(2): 147-167.

Lam, David A. 2013. "Reply to Stan Becker, "Has the World Really Survived the Population Bomb? (Commentary on "How the World Survived the Population Bomb: Lessons from 50 Years of Extraordinary Demographic History")"." Demography 50(6): 2183-2186.

Lam, David A. 2013. "Population Growth Alternative Perspective." Pp. 588-596 in Global Problems, Smart Solutions: Costs and Benefits, edited by Bjørn Lomborg. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Lam, David A., Cally Ardington, and Murray Leibbrandt. 2011. "Schooling as a lottery: Racial differences in school advancement in urban South Africa." Journal of Development Economics 95(2): 121-136.

Lam, David A. 2011. "How the World Survived the Population Bomb: Lessons From 50 Years of Extraordinary Demographic History." Demography 48(4): 1231-1262.

Meier, A., R. McCaa, and David A. Lam. 2011. "Creating statistically literate global citizens: The use of IPUMS-International integrated census microdata in teaching." Statistical Journal of the IAOS 27(3): 145-156.

Ardington, Cally, Anne Case, Mahnaz Islam, David A. Lam, Murray Leibbrandt, Alicia Menendez, and Analia Olgiati. 2010. "The Impact of AIDS on Intergenerational Support in South Africa: Evidence From the Cape Area Panel Study." Research on Aging 32(1): 97-121.

Williams, Nathalie, John E. Knodel, and David A. Lam. 2010. "HIV/AIDS and Older Persons: Shifting the Focus From the Infected to the Affected." Research on Aging 32(1): 3-18.

Hoek, Jasper, Suzanne Duryea, David A. Lam, and Deborah Levison. 2009. "Dynamics of Child Labor: Labor-Force Entry and Exit in Urban Brazil." in Child labor and education in Latin America: an economic perspective, edited by Peter F. Orazem, Guilherme Sedlacek, and Zafiris Tzannatos. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Lam, David A., Murray Leibbrandt, and C. Mlatsheni. 2009. "Education and youth unemployment in South Africa." Pp. 90-109 in Labor Markets and Economic Development, edited by Kanbur, R. and Svejnar, J. Routledge.

Dinkelman, Taryn, David A. Lam, and Murray Leibbrandt. 2008. "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.

Lam, David A., and Leticia Junqueira Marteleto. 2008. "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.

Marteleto, Leticia Junqueira, David A. Lam, and Vimal Ranchhod. 2008. "Sexual Behavior, Pregnancy, and Schooling Among Young People in Urban South Africa." Studies in Family Planning 39(4): 351-368.

Duryea, Suzanne, David A. Lam, and Deborah Levison. 2007. "Effects of Economic Shocks on Children's Employment and Schooling in Brazil." Journal of Development Economics 84(1): 188-214.

Levison, Deborah, Jasper Hoek, David A. Lam, and Suzanne Duryea. 2007. "Intermittent child employment and its implications for estimates of child labour." International Labour Review 146(3-4): 217-251.

Ardington, Cally, David A. Lam, Murray Leibbrandt, and Matthew Welch. 2006. "The sensitivity to key data imputations of recent estimates of income poverty and inequality in South Africa." Economic Modelling 23(5): 822-835.

Lam, David A., Murray Leibbrandt, and Vimal Ranchhod. 2006. "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.

Lam, David A., and Leticia Junqueira Marteleto. 2006. "A Escolaridade das Crianças Brasileiras durante a Transicão Demográfica: Aumento no Tamanho da Coorte versus Diminuicão no Tamanho da Família." Pesquisa e Planejamento Econômico 36(2): 319-341.

Duryea, Suzanne, David A. Lam, Jasper Hoek, and Deborah Levison. 2005. "Dynamics of Child Labor: Labor Force Entry and Exit in Urban Brazil." Pp. 69-86 in Eradicating Child Labor in Latin America in the 90s: The Promise of Demand Side Interventions, edited by G. Sedlacek and P. Orazem. Washington, DC: World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank.

Lam, David A., and Leticia Junqueira Marteleto. 2005. "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. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press.

Ardington, C., David A. Lam, Murray Leibbrandt, and James A. Levinsohn. 2004. "Savings, insurance and debt over the post-apartheid period: A review of recent research." South African Journal of Economics 72(3): 604-640.

Lam, David A. 2003. "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. Washington DC : National Academies Press.

Lam, David A. 2002. "Gary S. Becker." in The Encyclopedia of Population., edited by P. Demeny and G. McNicoll. New York: Macmillan.

Lam, David A. 2001. "Income Distribution: Demographic Aspects." in International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, edited by Paul Baltes and Neil Smelser. New York : Elsevier.

Anderson, Kermyt G., A. Case, and David A. Lam. 2001. "Causes and consequences of schooling outcomes in South Africa: Evidence from survey data." Social Dynamics 27(1): 37-59.

Lam, David A., and Suzanne Duryea. 1999. "Effects of Schooling on Fertility, Labor Supply, and Investments in Children, with Evidence from Brazil." Journal of Human Resources 34(1): 160-192.

Anderson, Kermyt G., Hillard Kaplan, David A. Lam, and Jane B. Lancaster. 1999. "Paternal Care by Genetic Fathers and Stepfathers II: Reports by Xhosa High School Students." Evolution and Human Behavior 20(6): 433-451.

Anh, Truong Si, John E. Knodel, David A. Lam, and Jed Friedman. 1998. "Family Size and Children's Education in Vietnam." Demography 35(1): 57-70.

Lam, David A. 1997. "Demographic Variables and Income Inequality." in Handbook of Population and Family Economics, edited by Mark K. Rosenzweig and Oded Stark. New York: Elsevier Science.

Lam, David A., and Jeffrey A. Miron. 1996. "The Effect of Temperature on Human Fertility." Demography 33(3): 291-305.

Lam, David A., Jeffrey A. Miron, and Ann Riley. 1994. "Modeling Seasonality in Fecundability, Conceptions, and Births." Demography 31(2): 321-46.

Bergstrom, Theodore, and David A. Lam. 1994. "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.

Lam, David A., and Robert F. Schoeni. 1994. "Family Ties and Labor Markets in the United States and Brazil." Journal of Human Resources 29 (4): 1235-58.

Lam, David A., and Robert F. Schoeni. 1993. "Effects of family background on earnings and returns to schooling: evidence from Brazil." Journal of Political Economy 101: p710(30). University of Chicago Press.

Lam, David A., and Deborah Levison. 1992. "Age, Experience, and Schooling: Decomposing Earnings Inequality in the United States and Brazil." Sociological Inquiry 62(2): 218-45.

Lam, David A., and Jeffrey A. Miron. 1991. "Seasonality of Births in Human Populations." Social Biology 38(1-2): 51-78.

Lam, David A., and Jeffrey A. Miron. 1991. "Temperature and the Seasonality of Births." in Temperature and Environmental Effects on the Testis, edited by A.W. Zorgnoitti. New York, NY: Plenum Press.

Lam, David A., and Deborah Levison. 1991. "Declining Inequality in Schooling in Brazil and Its Effects on Inequality in Earnings." Journal of Development Economics 37(1-2): 199-225.

Lam, David A., and Deborah Levison. 1990. "Idade, Experiencia, Escolaridade e Diferenciais de Renda: Estados Unidos e Brasil." Pesquisa e Planejamento Econômico 20: 219-56.

Lam, David A. 1989. "Population Growth, Age Structure, and Age-Specific Productivity." Journal of Population Economics 2(3): 189-210.

Bergstrom, Theodore, and David A. Lam. 1989. "Recovering Event Histories by Cubic Spline Interpolation." Mathematical Population Studies 1(4): 327-55.

Lam, David A. 1988. "Lorenz Curves, Inequality, and Social Welfare under Changing Population Composition." Journal of Policy Modeling 10(1): 141-62.

Lam, David A. 1988. "Marriage Markets and Assortative Mating with Household Public Goods: Theoretical Results and Empirical Implications." Journal of Human Resources 23(4): 462-87.

Lam, David A. 1987. "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.

Lam, David A. 1986. "The Dynamics of Population Growth, Differential Fertility, and Inequality." American Economic Review 76(5): 1103-16.

Lam, David A. 1984. "The Variance of Population Characteristics in Stable Populations, with Applications to the Distribution of Income." Population Studies 38(1): 117-27.