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LIS Welcomes Philippe Van Kerm as Research Director
Jun 14, 2024 | News

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/

Bridging Inequality of Opportunity, Sufficientarianism, and Limitarianism: A Framework for Assessing Unfair Inequality
Jun 14, 2024 | News

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/

Educational Expansion and Returns to Higher Education in Austria over three Decades
Jun 14, 2024 | News

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/

Analyzing the Impact of Social Protection Programs in a Cross-national Perspective – Part 2
Jun 14, 2024 | News

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/

Introducing `Lissyuse ()’: New R function in LISSY
Jun 14, 2024 | News

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/

LIS granted the Aldi Award for 2023 LIS Working Paper
Jun 13, 2024 | News

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/

2024 Summer Data Splash
Jun 07, 2024 | Highlight

LIS is happy to announce the addition of seventeen datasets to the LIS Database.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/2024-summer-data-splash/

Invitation to the 2024 LIS Summer Lecture on “Predistribution versus Redistribution”
Jun 03, 2024 | News

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/

Isogini as a Set of Indicators to Compare Trends a nd Shapes of Income Inequality: The Fading Swedish Middle-Class Society in a World of Diverse Dynamics
Mar 15, 2024 | News

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/

Uneven Effects of Childcare Expansion?
Mar 15, 2024 | News

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/