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6970
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6427
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David Lam publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Lam sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 119 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

David Lam D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Lam sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

David Lam is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on medicine and social sciences.

The scientist's work covers a range of subfields including general health professions, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, management, monitoring, policy and law, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, and economics and econometrics.

Key areas of study and topics addressed in their publications include:

  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
  • Global Energy and Sustainability Research
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Work-Family Balance Challenges

David Lam has published research in several scholarly venues, with contributions to:

  • Population and Development Review
  • Population and Environment
  • The Journal of Human Resources
  • Gastroenterology Research
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "The Next 2 Billion: Can the World Support 10 Billion People?" (2024) published in Population and Development Review
  • "Has the world survived the population bomb? A 10-year update" (2023) published in Population and Environment
  • "Barriers to Hepatitis C Virus Care and How Federally Qualified Health Centers Can Improve Patient Access to Treatment" (2022) published in Gastroenterology Research
  • "Reduced fertility from better access to contraception may not improve women's health" (2021) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Is There a Male-Breadwinner Norm? The Hazards of Inferring Preferences from Marriage Market Outcomes" (2020) published in The Journal of Human Resources

Frequent collaborators in their research include Ariel Binder, Robert J. Wong, Adla Tessier, Yenice Zapata, and Elsie Saldana.

Best Publications

  • Effects of Family Background on Earnings and Returns to Schooling: Evidence from Brazil

    David Lam;Robert F. Schoeni

  • Marriage Markets and Assortative Mating with Household Public Goods Theoretical Results and Empirical Implications

    David Lam

  • Effects of economic shocks on children's employment and schooling in Brazil

    Suzanne Duryea;David Lam;Deborah Levison

  • Effects of schooling on fertility labor supply and investments in children with evidence from Brazil.

    David Lam;Suzanne Duryea

  • Paternal Care by Genetic Fathers and Stepfathers II: Reports by Xhosa High School Students

    Kermyt G Anderson;Hillard Kaplan;David Lam;Jane Lancaster

  • Family size and children’s education in Vietnam

    Truong Si Anh;John Knodel;David Lam;Jed Friedman

  • Declining inequality in schooling in Brazil and its effects on inequality in earnings

    David A. Lam;Deborah Levison

  • Causes and consequences of schooling outcomes in South Africa: Evidence from survey data

    Kermyt G. Anderson;Anne Case;David Lam

  • Generating Extreme Inequality: Schooling, Earnings, and Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital in South Africa and Brazil. Research Report.

    David Lam

  • Seasonality of births in human populations.

    David A. Lam;Jeffrey A. Miron

  • Schooling as a Lottery: Racial Differences in School Advancement in Urban South Africa

    David Lam;Cally Ardington;Murray Leibbrandt

  • Demographic variables and income inequality

    David Lam

  • How the World Survived the Population Bomb: Lessons From 50 Years of Extraordinary Demographic History

    David Lam

  • The effects of temperature on human fertility

    David A. Lam;Jeffrey A. Miron

  • Sexual Behavior, Pregnancy, and Schooling among Young People in Urban South Africa

    Letícia Marteleto;David Lam;Vimal Ranchhod

  • Progress through school and the determinants of school dropout in South Africa

    Nicola Branson;Clare Hofmeyr;David Lam

  • The dynamics of population growth differential fertility and inequality.

    D. Lam

  • Global Patterns of Seasonal Variation in Human Fertility

    David A. Lam;Jeffrey A. Miron

  • Linking poverty and income shocks to risky sexual behaviour: evidence from a panel study of young adults in Cape Town

    Taryn Dinkelman;David Lam;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

    Taryn Dinkelman;David Lam;Murray Leibbrandt

Frequent Co-Authors

Murray Leibbrandt
Murray Leibbrandt University of Cape Town
Jeffrey A. Miron
Jeffrey A. Miron Cato Institute
Anne Case
Anne Case Princeton University
Robert F. Schoeni
Robert F. Schoeni University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Theodore C. Bergstrom
Theodore C. Bergstrom University of California, Santa Barbara
John Knodel
John Knodel University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
James A. Levinsohn
James A. Levinsohn Yale University
Till Bärnighausen
Till Bärnighausen Heidelberg University
Hillard Kaplan
Hillard Kaplan Chapman University
Susheela Singh
Susheela Singh Guttmacher Institute

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