Professor Philippe Van Kerm is the new LIS Research Director
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/lis-welcomes-philippe-van-kerm-as-its-new-research-director/
Archives
Bridging Inequality of Opportunity, Sufficientarianism, and Limitarianism: This article provides a framework for assessing unfair inequality
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/bridging-inequality-of-opportunity-sufficientarianism-and-limitarianism-a-framework-for-assessing-unfair-inequality/
This article provides a snapshot how tertiary education degrees in Austria expanded and how the higher education premium by gender has evolved over time.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/educational-expansion-and-returns-to-higher-education-in-austria-over-three-decades/
By using the concept of an international poverty line the author showcases the effectiveness of social protection systems in poverty prevention over time.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/analyzing-the-impact-of-social-protection-programs-in-a-cross-national-perspective-part-2/
The LIS team has developed a new R function, lissyuse(), for easy and efficient data loading
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/uncategorized/introducing-lissyuse-new-r-function-in-lissy/
Itay Machtei is the winner of the 2023 LIS Aldi Award
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/lis-granted-the-aldi-award-for-2023-lis-working-paper/
We invite scholars in the field of comparative economic inequality to contribute to the 2nd III/LIS Conference
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/call-for-papers-for-the-2nd-iii-lis-comparative-economic-inequality-conference-2025/
LIS is happy to invite you to the 2024 Summer Lecture on “Predistribution versus Redistribution” - Monday, July 1st 2024
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/invitation-to-the-2024-lis-summer-lecture-on-predistribution-versus-redistribution/
Louis Chauvel proposes Isoginis, a Gini-comparable family of inequality indices.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/isogini-as-a-set-of-indicators-to-compare-trends-and-shapes-of-income-inequality-the-fading-swedish-middle-class-society-in-a-world-of-diverse-dynamics/
Anna Karmann examines whether increased childcare coverage leads to higher labour market participation of mothers.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/uneven-effects-of-childcare-expansion/