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New US Datasets Added to the LWS Database
Jun 30, 2016 | Highlight

Five datasets from the United States, US95, US98, US01, US04 and US07, have been added to the LWS Database. The datasets are from the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF), carried out by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Please note that these datasets were included in the LWS pilot database but have […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/new-us-datasets-added-to-the-lws-database/

New Country: Data from Paraguay Now Available in the LIS Database
May 30, 2016 | Highlight

We are delighted to announce that we have acquired, for the first time, microdata from Paraguay. As of today, two datasets, PY10 (Wave VIII) and PY13 (Wave IX), are available in the LIS Database. The datasets are respectively from the 2010 and 2013 waves of the Continuous Household Survey (EPH), which are carried out by […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/new-country-data-from-paraguay-now-available-in-the-lis-database/

Luxembourg 2013 Added to the LIS Database
May 30, 2016 | Highlight

One new dataset from Luxembourg, LU13, (Wave IX), has been added to the LIS Database. The dataset is from the 2014 wave of Socio-Economic Panel “Living in Luxembourg” / Panel socio-économique “Liewen zu Letzebuerg” (PSELL III), carried out by the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER). In addition to releasing the Wave IX dataset, the […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/luxembourg-2013-added-to-the-lis-database/

Slovenia 2012 Added to the LIS Database
May 30, 2016 | Highlight

One new dataset from Slovenia, SI12 (Wave IX), has been added to the LIS Database The dataset is from the 2012 wave of Household Budget Survey (HBS), which is carried out by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. In addition to releasing the Wave IX dataset, the Slovenian datasets from the previous two […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/slovenia-2012-added-to-lis-database/

NYT Database Updated, Complementary Database Added
May 24, 2016 | Highlight

We have updated the LIS / New York Times Income Distribution Database that we added to the LIS website in April 2014. This database, which contains detailed information on the distribution and growth of household income across countries, has been updated to include later microdata and to change from 2005 to 2011 PPPs. We have […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/nyt-database-updated-complementary-database-added-2/

New Luxembourg Wealth Study (LWS) Database is launched
May 02, 2016 | Highlight

Today, LIS is taking an exciting step forward by introducing an expanded and updated version of the Luxembourg Wealth Study (LWS) Database. Launched in 2007 as a pilot project, the LWS Database has provided opportunities for research on wealth and debt. In the intervening nine years, LIS has contributed to, and gained from, networks of […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/new-luxembourg-wealth-study-lws-is-launched/

United Kingdom 2013 Added to the LIS Database
Mar 25, 2016 | Highlight

We are delighted to inform our users that we have added one new dataset from United Kingdom, UK13 (Wave IX), to the LIS Database. The dataset is from the 2013-14 wave of Family Resources Survey (FRS), which serves as input for the British component of the EU Survey of Income and Living Conditions – SILC. […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/united-kingdom-2013-added-to-the-lis-database/

The Guardian launched a two-week series based on LIS data
Mar 07, 2016 | Highlight

Today, the Guardian launched a two-week series, on the worrisome economic status of “Generation Y” (those born between 1980 and the mid-1990s) in eight affluent countries: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK and US. The main data source was our Luxembourg Income Study Database. We look forward to future collaborations with the Guardian – […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/the-guardian-launched-a-two-week-series-based-on-lis-data/

India 2011 added to the LIS Database
Feb 19, 2016 | Highlight

We are delighted to inform our users that we have added one new dataset from India, IN11 (Wave VIII), to the LIS Database. The dataset is from the 2011 India Human Development Survey (IHDS), was jointly organized by researchers from the University of Maryland (in the US) and the National Council of Applied Economic Research […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/india-2011-added-to-the-lis-database/

New Country: Dominican Republic 2007 in-house!
Dec 24, 2015 | Highlight

We are delighted to announce that we have acquired, for the first time, microdata from the Dominican Republic. As of today, one dataset, DO07 (Wave VII), is available in the LIS Database. The dataset is from the 2006-2007 wave of the National Household Income and Expenditure Survey / Encuesta Nacional de Ingresos y Gastos de […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/new-country-dominican-republic-2007-in-house/