Two new datasets from Guatemala, GT11 (WaveVIII) and GT14 (WaveIX) have been added to the LIS Database. The datasets are based 2011 and 2014 waves of the National Survey of Living Conditions (ENCOVI) carried out by National Institute for Statistics / Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (INE). The consistency revision of the earlier LIS dataset based […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/new-datasets-from-guatemala-added-to-the-lis-database/
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We are delighted to announce that we have acquired wealth microdata from Slovakia. As of today, two new datasets SK10 (WaveVIII) and SK14 (WaveIX) have been added to the LWS Database. The datasets are based respectively on the first and second waves of the Slovak Household and Finance Consumption Survey (HFCS) carried out by the […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/slovakia-new-country-in-lws/
With a view to create longer time-series in the LWS Database, one old data point has been added to the Canadian series: CA99 (WaveV). The dataset is based on the 1999 wave of the Survey of Financial Securities (SFS) carried out by Statistics Canada.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/canada-back-in-lws/
One new dataset from Greece, GR14 (Wave IX) has been added to the LWS Database. The dataset is based on the second wave of the Greek Household and Finance Consumption Survey (HFCS) carried out by the National Bank of Greece and co-ordinated by the European Central Bank (ECB). In addition to releasing this Wave IX […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/greece-2014-added-to-the-lws-database/
We are delighted to announce that we have acquired wealth microdata from Slovenia. As of today, one new dataset SI14 (WaveIX) has been added to the LWS Database. The dataset is based on the second wave of the Slovenian Household and Finance Consumption Survey (HFCS) carried out by the National Bank of Slovenia and co-ordinated […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/slovenia-new-country-in-lws/
The second bid of InGRID – InGRID2 project – to the EU call of Horizon 2020 has been approved. The InGRID infrastructure, which brings together 19 academic partners from Europe, aims to integrate and optimise the existing European Data Infrastructure and accompanying expertise, through joint research, the organisation of expert workshops as well as a […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/ingrid2-successful-visiting-scholars-program-continues/
The University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia is offering scholarships for students to undertake research on poverty and inequality using LIS
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/phd-scholarships-to-work-with-lis-data-in-sydney/
Earlier this spring, the inaugural Lee Rainwater Memorial Lecture was given by LIS former president Robert Erikson
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/inaugural-lee-rainwater-memorial-lecture-given-by-robert-erikson/
A call for papers of a special issue of the Journal of Income Distribution has been launched. In this special issue, LIS/LWS scholars are offered the opportunity to publish their research in one volume in order to broaden the discussion and enhance our knowledge from inequality and poverty to labor market participation, from saving patterns […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/call-for-papers-special-issue-of-the-journal-of-income-distribution/
Excerpt: Three New datasets from Austria (AT07, AT10 and AT13) have been added to the LIS Database and earlier datasets (AT04, AT00, AT97 and AT94) were revised for consistency
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/new-austrian-datasets-added-to-the-lis-database-2/