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Tony Atkinson honoured for inequality and economic growth research
Aug 05, 2015 | News

LIS is proud to share the news that our Board President, Tony Atkinson, has been awarded the 2015 EIB Prize for excellence in economic and social research. Tony has worked on inequality and poverty issues for more than forty years. His latest book Inequality: What can be done? was published in May 2015. Werner Hoyer, […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/tony-atkinson-honoured-for-inequality-and-economic-growth-research/

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/

South Africa 2012 added
Aug 03, 2015 | Highlight

We are delighted to announce that a new dataset from South Africa, ZA12 (Wave IX), has been added to the LIS Database. The dataset is from the Wave 3 of the National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS), carried out by the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), at the University of Cape Town. In […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/south-africa-2012-added/

Stephen Jenkins
Jul 28, 2015 | Lecture Series

Professor of Economic and Social Policy at the London School of Economics, Visiting Professor at the University of Essex, and a Research Fellow at IZA, presented the 2015 LIS Summer Lecture:
To what extent has income inequality increased? Some data issues.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/lecture-series/stephen-jenkins/

Stephen P. Jenkins to give 2015 LIS Summer lecture
Jul 13, 2015 | News

Stephen P. Jenkins, Professor of Economic and Social Policy at the London School of Economics, Visiting Professor at the University of Essex, and a Research Fellow at IZA, will give the 2015 LIS Summer Lecture: “To what extent has income inequality increased? Some data issues”. The public lecture takes place on July 13, at the […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/2015-summer-lecture/

Markus Jäntti
Jul 12, 2015 | News

Markus Jäntti stepped down as LIS Research Director, at the end of 2014. In July 2015, the LIS Board unanimously passed this resolution: “The LIS board thanks Markus Jäntti for ten years of exemplary service to LIS, and wishes him well in all future endeavors.” We know that Markus will remain involved with LIS in […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/jantti/

We mourn the loss of Lee Rainwater
Jul 07, 2015 | News

It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of Lee Rainwater, on July 4, 2015. Lee co-founded LIS in 1983 and – with his beloved friend and colleague Tim Smeeding – advised and guided LIS for over two decades, until his retirement in 2005. Lee was a courageous and innovative sociologist, and a […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/lee-rainwater-2/

New country: Panama data now available in LIS Database
Jul 03, 2015 | Highlight

We are excited to announce that we have added a new country to the LIS Database. Three datasets from Panama, PA07 (Wave VII), PA10 (Wave VIII) and PA13 (Wave IX), are now available. The datasets are from the August 2007, August 2010, and August 2013 Labour Market Survey (Encuesta de Mercado Laboral – EML) version […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/new-country-panama/

Russia 2013 added
Jul 03, 2015 | Highlight

We are thrilled to announce that a new dataset from Russia, RU13 (Wave IX), has been added to the LIS Database. The dataset is from the 2013 Wave of the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS-HSE), conducted by the National Research University Higher School of Economics and ZAO “Demoscope”, together with the Carolina Population Center from […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/russia-2013-added/

We’ve moved!
Jun 30, 2015 | News

Last week, the LIS headquarters moved to the brand new offices located in Esch Belval, in southern Luxembourg. The new building, called Maison des Sciences Humaines, will be entirely dedicated to innovative activities in the field of social sciences, as well as to public-private collaboration. The move allows LIS to be strategically located close to […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/lis-has-moved/