The 2019 edition of the annual Research on Economic Inequality series has special interest in the question “Why inequality differs so much across countries?”
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/call-for-papers-why-inequality-differs-so-much-across-countries/
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Two-day workshop organized by the Institute for Research on Socio-Economic Inequality (IRSEI) at the University of Luxembourg (in partnership with LIS/LWS)
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/ecsr-thematic-workshop-wealth-inequality-and-mobility/
In almost every country, wealth is predominantly constituted by housing equity, but what are the possible risks and how does wealth accumulation vary across countries?
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/book-on-wealth-and-homeownership/
Special Issue Comparative wealth and income research edited by Daniele Checchi and Janet Gornick is now available online
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/jid-special-issue-from-the-2017-lislws-user-conference/
This database allows LIS users to retrieve very detailed and standardized occupation categories, following the international two-digit coding of the ISCO-88 standard
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/new-complementary-database-routine-task-intensity-and-offshorability-for-the-lis/
The workshop explored methods aimed at adjusting the top of income and wealth distributions
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/workshop-on-harmonization-of-household-surveys-fiscal-data-and-national-accounts-at-the-paris-school-of-economics/
Research collaboration signed between AFD and LIS
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/research-agreement-with-the-agence-francaise-de-developpement-afd/
In our quest to establish closer collaboration with regional and international organizations, LIS has signed a MOU with ERF
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/lis-signed-a-memorandum-of-understanding-with-the-economic-research-forum-erf/
The Oxford’s Nuffield College and the London School of Economics honored the outstanding work and life of former LIS President Sir Tony Atkinson
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/what-can-be-done/
LIS provides a background paper to UN Women’s Research & Data Section to feed into Progress of the World’s Women Report 2018, and Gender Equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2018.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/lis-commissioned-for-un-women-flagship-reports/