LIS co-hosted a symposium on Measuring Inequality
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/undp-symposium-on-measuring-inequality-in-the-21st-century/
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LIS is delighted to announce the addition of the Ivory Coast to its Database where three data points have been added, namely CI02 (Wave V), CI08 (Wave VII), and CI15 (Wave X). The three datasets are based on the Survey of the Household Living Standards Survey (ENV) from the National Statistical Institute of Ivory Coast. […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/ivory-coast-new-country-added-to-the-lis-database/
One data point has been added to the LIS Database; namely ES16 (Wave X). The ES16 dataset is based on the European Union’s Survey of Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC), acquired from the Spanish National Statistics Institute (INE).
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/spain-es16-added-to-lis/
In continuation of our geographical expansion, LIS has added Vietnam to its Database, two data points have been added VN11 (Wave VIII), and VN13 (Wave IX). The datasets are based on Vietnamese Household Living Standards Survey (VHLSS) carried out by the General Statistics Office (GSO) of Vietnam. The inclusion of Vietnam is accomplished through the […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/vietnam-new-country-added-to-the-lis-database/
The proceedings of the 2018 LIS/LWS User Conference have been released
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/the-legacy-of-tony-atkinson-in-inequality-analysis-proceedings-from-the-2018-lis-lws-user-conference/
Read abstract Arguably, Tony Atkinson laid the foundation of the modern measurement and analysis of inequality. First and foremost, he did so in theory, with innumerable papers since his path-breaking article in the Journal of Economic Theory (Atkinson, 1970). But he constantly sought to apply his conceptual insights to empirical research, with a relentless attention […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/books/the-legacy-of-tony-atkinson-in-inequality-analysis/
LISER and LIS are recruiting a joint Research Associate to develop a collaborative institutional project
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/uncategorized/lis%c2%b2er-research-associate-post-doc-m-f/
LIS has launched an extensively-revised version of the LIS Database
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/release-of-the-2019-lis-template/
Data Expert and Research Associate mazeikaite@lisdatacenter.org bio Gintare is an economist with a background in inequality and social policy. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Vilnius University and a Master’s degree in Public Policy and Human Development from UNU-MERIT/Maastricht University, with a specialisation in social protection financing. Most recently, Gintare has been pursuing […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/team/lis-staff-luxembourg/gintare-mazeikaite/
Read abstract The articles included in this special issue of the Journal of Income Distribution are a selection of papers originally presented at the first LIS-LWS Users Conference, hosted by LIS, the cross-national data center in Luxembourg. The conference took place at the University of Luxembourg in Belval, Luxembourg, on April 27- 28, 2017. The […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/books/comparative-wealth-and-income-research/