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David Lam

@davidalam.bsky.social
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Development economist and economic demographer, University of Michigan.

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Population Association of America @popassocamerica.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
The #PAA2025 preliminary program is online: submissions.mirasmart.com/PAA2025/Itin... Make sure you are registered before rates increase in March: www.populationassociation.org/paa2025/reg-...
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David Lam @davidalam.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Can the world support another 2 billion people? That is the UN’s projected increase from now until the peak is reached in 2084. I look at this question in a new paper in Population and Development Review’s 50th anniversary issue. A few highlights: doi.org/10.1111/padr...
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<em>Population and Development Review</em> | Population Council Journal | Wiley Online Library
The UN projects that world population will peak at 10.3 billion in 2084, a 2.1 billion increase from 2024. Can the world provide food, water, and other resources to 10.3 billion people? How will addi...
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Megan E. Patrick @meganepatrick.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
New data alert! Monitoring the Future Panel core data for young adults (ages 18-30) from 1976-2021 are now available through the @icpsr.bsky.social @nahdap.bsky.social data portal: bit.ly/MTFcore
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Monitoring the Future: Base Year & Follow-Up Core Panel Data, Ages 18-30, United States, 1976-2021 [Restricted-Use]
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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
🏫When the school year competes with farm work, it becomes a barrier to educating rural children. 🧑‍🌾 But changing the school calendar can help! A summary of research thus far, including my new collaboration in #Madagascar, on the @ifpri.org blog: on.cgiar.org/3P5HNjn @cgiar.org #FCMinitiative
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When school overlaps with farming: Measuring reduced educational advancement and simulating solutions in Africa
The social costs of calendars.
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UM Population Studies Center @um-psc.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
The Dorothy S. Thomas Award is presented annually for the best graduate student paper on the interrelationships among social, economic and demographic variables. Nominations for this and other @popassocamerica.bsky.social awards are due by Jan. 31 2025! #PAA2025 ow.ly/l10X50U2wgH
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Hope Michelson @hopecm.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
The 22nd Midwest International Economic Development Conference (MWIEDC) will be held at UIUC March 28–29, 2025. Co-hosted by Ag Econ and Econ. Mushfiq Mobarak @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social keynote. Always one of my favorite conferences. Deadline for submissions Jan 8, 2025.
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Midwest International Economic Development Conference
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 25/11/2024
The world population grew fast over the last 60 years, but farmers grew fruits and vegetables even faster
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Sydnee Caldwell @sydneecaldwell.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Submit your papers for the spring 2025 NBER Gender in the Economy meeting! The theme is "Women in the Digital World". Submission Deadline: 12/9/24 Meeting: 2/28/25 in Cambridge t.co/DGsccq6Blw
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