David Lam
Professor of Economics
Research Professor in the Population Studies Center, University of Michigan
Research Topics:
- Family support
- Labour markets
- Education
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- About
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Publications
- Open Access Books
- Newsletter
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Videos
- Ariane De Lannoy: Youth Deprivation in South Africa
- Education: What do schools need to really improve? Evidence from South Africa
- Ingrid Woolard: Wealth Tax and High Incomes in South Africa
- Malcolm Keswell: Youth Empowerment in Marginalized Communities
- Markus Awater: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Committed to Social Democracy
- Martin Wittenberg: High Earners in South Africa
- Murray Leibbrandt – Building Youth Employment in South Africa
- Murray Leibbrandt: Radical Economic Transformation Requires Integrated Approach
- Murray Leibbrandt: Understanding the Texture and Multidimensionality of Inequalities in South Africa
- National Income Dynamics Study Wave 5 launch
- New Video: Can childhood nutrition have an impact on educational outcomes?
- Nicola Branson: Post-secondary Education Enrolment
- Patrizio Piraino: Intergenerational Mobility in South Africa
- South Africa at a Glance, Looking Back at 10 Years and 5 Waves of NIDS
- Vimal Ranchhod: The Multidimensionality of Income Inequality
- Watch: Are Training Colleges Increasing the Skills Base in South Africa?
- Watch: CEO of HSRC Talks to SALDRU about Significance of Inequality Research and Engaged Scholarship
- Watch: Leibbrandt Talk about ‘Turning the Tide on Inequality’
- Watch: SALDRU’s History Rooted in the Study of Inequality
- Watch: South African university develops new tool to track inequality
- Training
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Projects
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Current Projects
- HAALSA-HARPS
- J-PAL Africa
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Siyaphambili Post-school Research Initiative
- A study on women in Economics in South Africa
- Access and Success in Higher Education in South Africa: Impact on Inequality
- Capacity building
- Education and labour market dynamics in a period of rapid education expansion
- Education, labour markets, and other social outcomes
- Elevating equality
- Funding policies
- Siyaphambili interactive website
- Social mobility from the middle to the top
- Youth
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Completed Projects
- Activate!
- Analysis of Social Grants
- Analytical Reports for the OECD
- CVACS
- Carnegie Conferences
- Chinese Competition and the Restructuring of South African Manufacturing
- Data Quality Project
- Demand for Tertiary Education in South Africa since 2000
- Economics of Alcohol Control
- Economics of Tobacco Control Project
- Employment, Income Distribution and Inclusive Growth (REDI3x3)
- Environment and Poverty Project
- Evaluation of the Public Works Programme
- Family Support
- Fertility Timing and Women’s Economic Outcomes in South Africa
- Fertility, Intergenerational Transfers and Economic Development in South Africa
- Financial Diaries Project
- Land Restitution Evaluation Study
- Malnutrition and Socioeconomic Status of South African Children
- Matched Employee-Employer Panel Data for Labour Market Analysis in Zimbabwe
- NOPOOR
- National Income Dynamics Study – NIDS
- Poverty and Inequality Node
- Quality of Life
- Scholarly Communication in Africa Project
- Social Protection and Labour Market Outcomes of Youth in South Africa
- South Africa Persistent Inequality Research
- South African Research Chair in Poverty and Inequality Research
- South Africa’s Unfolding Human and Social Dynamics
- The COVID-19 health crisis and inequalities in post-school education in South Africa
- Trade and Poverty Project
- Wage Subsidy Project
- iLink: Incentives for Linkage to HIV Treatment and Care
- Current partnerships
- Previous partnerships
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Current Projects
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Surveys
- COVID-19 Vaccine Survey – CVACS
- Cape Area Panel Study – CAPS
- Health and Aging in Africa: Longitudinal Studies in South Africa – Health, Aging & Retirement Panel Study – HAALSA-HARPS
- Hout Bay Migration Study
- Khayelitsha Mitchell’s Plain Study – KMP
- Land Restitution Evaluation Survey
- Langeberg Survey
- National Income Dynamics Study – Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey – NIDS-CRAM
- National Income Dynamics Study – NIDS
- Project for Statistics on Living Standards and Development – PSLSD
- Public Works Survey
- News
- SA@30 Conference