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Financial Information and Investment Decisions: Some Stylized Facts from the United States using the Luxembourg Wealth Study Database
Mar 16, 2021 | News

This brief writing aims to examine the sources of information utilized by households for investing decisions.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/financial-information-and-investment-decisions-some-stylized-facts-from-the-united-states-using-the-luxembourg-wealth-study-database/

Release of a New Book; Inequality in the developing world, edited by Gradín, Leibbrandt, and Tarp
Mar 16, 2021 | News

LIS is delighted to announce the publication of the book "Inequality in the Developing World" by Oxford University Press.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/release-of-a-new-book-inequality-in-the-developing-world-edited-by-gradin-leibbrandt-and-tarp/

2021 Spring Data Splash
Mar 12, 2021 | Highlight

Twenty-one new datasets are added to the LIS Database. In addition to two new datasets are added to the LWS Database.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/2021-spring-data-splash/

Inequality in the developing world
Mar 11, 2021 | Books

Read abstract Inequality has emerged as a key development challenge. It holds implications for economic growth and redistribution and translates into power asymmetries that can endanger human rights, create conflict, and embed social exclusion and chronic poverty. For these reasons, it underpins intense public and academic debates and has become a dominant policy concern within […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/books/inequality-in-the-developing-world/

Video recordings for the first (LIS)2ER workshop: “The Distributional Effects of Higher-Education Expansion” are now available!
Feb 24, 2021 | News

Video recordings for the first (LIS)2ER workshop "The Distributional Effects of Higher-Education Expansion” are now available!
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/video-recordings-for-the-first-lis2er-workshop-the-distributional-effects-of-higher-education-expansion-are-now-available/

Globalization and Economic Redistribution in Central and Eastern Europe Thirty Years after the Transition
Dec 14, 2020 | News

In this article, the author discusses how is globalization shaping economic redistribution in Central and Eastern Europe thirty years after the start of the post-communist transition.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/globalization-and-economic-redistribution-in-central-and-eastern-europe-thirty-years-after-the-transition/

2020 Winter Data Splash
Dec 11, 2020 | Highlight

Twenty-six new datasets are added to the LIS Database. In addition to five new datasets are added to the LWS Database.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/2020-winter-data-splash/

(LIS)2ER workshop: “The Distributional Effects of Higher-Education Expansion”
Dec 07, 2020 | News

This article summarizes the different papers presented during the virtual workshop on “The Distributional Effects of Higher Education Expansion”.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/lis2er-workshop-the-distributional-effects-of-higher-education-expansion/

LIS is Hiring!
Nov 15, 2020 | Uncategorized

LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg, seeks applications for a Microdata Expert to join the LIS data team
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/uncategorized/lis-is-hiring-6/

Taxation of Families and ‘Families of Taxation’? Inequality Modification Between Family Types Across Welfare States
Nov 15, 2020 | News

By using Theil indices, Manuel Schechtl examines income inequality between the six most prevalent family types before and after income taxation across welfare states.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/taxation-of-families-and-families-of-taxation-inequality-modification-between-family-types-across-welfare-states/