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LIS Database further grows with addition of Colombia 2013
Dec 24, 2015 | Highlight

We are thrilled to announce another addition to the LIS Database: one new dataset from Colombia, CO13 (Wave IX). The dataset is from the January 2014 wave of the Great Integrated Household Survey / Gran Encuesta Integrada de Hogares (GEIH), carried out by the National Administrative Department of Statistics / Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/addition-of-colombia-2013/

Taiwan 2013 now available
Dec 24, 2015 | Highlight

We are delighted to inform our users that we have added one new dataset from Taiwan, TW13 (Wave IX), to the LIS Database. The dataset is from the 2013 wave of the Survey of Family Income and Expenditure, carried out by the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS). In addition, all 9 previous LIS […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/taiwan-2013-now-available/

Spain 2013 added
Dec 23, 2015 | Highlight

We are pleased to announce that we have added a new dataset from Spain, ES13 (Wave IX), to the LIS Database. The dataset is from the 2014 wave of the Living Conditions Survey (LCS) / Encuesta de Condiciones de Vida (ECV), which serves as input for the Spanish component of the EU Survey of Income […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/spain-2013-added/

Datasets Revision: Mexico
Dec 23, 2015 | Highlight

Some readjustments have been made to the data of the first three Mexican datasets: MX84, MX89 and MX92. Currency correction The MX84 dataset was rightly expressed in the old peso, but the figures of the Web Tabulator (and the associated PPP Deflator table) were using the conversion from the new peso, giving rise to wrong […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/datasets-revision-mexico/

New country: data from Georgia now available in the LIS Database
Oct 02, 2015 | Highlight

We are thrilled to announce that we have added a new country to the LIS Database. Two datasets from Georgia, GE10 (Wave VIII) and GE13 (Wave IX), are now available. The datasets are respectively from the 2010 and 2013 waves of the Integrated Household Survey (IHS) from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (GEOSTAT).
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/data-from-georgia-now-available/

Brand-new Mexican data
Oct 02, 2015 | Highlight

The LIS Database is constantly expanding. We are excited to inform our users that Mexico 2012 has just been added (Wave IX). MX12 is from the 2012 wave of the Household Income and Expenditure Survey (ENIGH), carried out by the National Statistical Institute (INEGI) / Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, Geografia e Informatica (INEGI). In addition, […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/brand-new-mexican-data/

Israel 2012 added
Oct 02, 2015 | Highlight

The LIS Database continues to grow: one new dataset from Israel, IL12 (Wave IX), has been added. The dataset is from the 2012 wave of the Household Expenditure Survey (HES), carried out by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In addition, the previous three LIS waves based on the same survey (IL10, IL07, IL05), have […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/israel-2012-added/

Poland 2013 now also available
Oct 02, 2015 | Highlight

Wave IX has another great addition: we are excited to announce that one new dataset from Poland, PL13, has been added to the LIS Database. As for the previous Polish datasets included in LIS, PL13 is based on the 2013 wave of the Household Budget Survey, carried out by the Central Statistical Office / Główny […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/poland-2013-now-also-available/

Minor template revision and complete database rerun
Oct 01, 2015 | Highlight

Because of our ongoing vocation to always improve the data, we made some minor adjustments to the labour market section of the current template (i.e., the set of LIS variables and definitions). What did we change? We revised the codes and associated value labels of variables SECTOR1/2, EMPWANT, and, to a lesser extent, CLFS; We […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/minor-template-revision/

New data from Brazil
Aug 03, 2015 | Highlight

The LIS Database continues to grow: one new dataset from Brazil, BR13 (Wave IX), has been added. The dataset is from the 2013 Wave of the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD), carried out by the Brazilian Geographical and Statistical Institute / Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). In addition, the previous two waves of […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/new-data-from-brazil/