InGRID, the Inclusive Growth Research Infrastructure Diffusion project, presents LIS in the 4th issue of its bi-annual newsletter. A key activity of InGRID is providing transnational access to research infrastructures with data and expertise within the fields of poverty and living conditions, social policy analysis, and statistical quality management. The project involves 17 European partners, […]
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At LIS, we mourn the death of Germain Dondelinger, who passed away on 15 March 2015. For a decade, Germain oversaw the Ministry of Higher Education and Research’s support for LIS. During those years, our many meetings with him were always a singular pleasure. Without fail, he offered wise advice, spoke with us frankly, and […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/germain-dondelinger/
We have had a busy year behind us with many events and achievements. In a nutshell: 28 Working Papers 63 uploaded and released datasets 1200 new user registrations YEAR MONTH ACCOMPLISHMENT 2014 January Branko Milanovic left his position as lead economist at the World Bank to take the dual positions of Visiting Presidential Professor and […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/lis-in-2014-whats-next-in-2015/
Janet Gornick participated in the 46th Session of the UN Statistical Commission under the slogan “better data, better lives”, which kicked off Tuesday 3 March in the UN headquarters in New York. The Commission brought together the Chief Statisticians from member states, and their senior teams, as well as many representatives of NGO’s from around […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/gornick-attends-46th-session-of-un-statistical-commission/
Professor Louis Chauvel spoke with the New York Times about intergenerational economic gaps in France, a topic he has been exploring these last years on a global scale (see his latest LIS Working Paper). Unemployment in France has been rising since 2008 and has hovered around 10 percent for the last two years. “We have […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/lis-senior-scholar-louis-chauvel-in-nyt/
Three new datasets from the Czech Republic, CZ02 (Wave V), CZ07 (Wave VII) and CZ10 (Wave VIII), have been added to the LIS Database. The datasets are all from the Czech Statistical Office (Český Statistický Úřad, CSU). The CZ02 dataset is based on the 2002 Czech Microcensus, while CZ07 and CZ10 are based on the […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/cz02-cz07-cz10-added-to-lis-database/
Several datasets underwent some minor revisions: EG12 and AU03 / AU01 / AU95 / AU89 / AU85 / AU81: variable PENSION, previously containing some double-counted amounts, was corrected. SI10: variables PPOPWGT / HPOPWGT inflate now to the correct population size. IL79 / PL86: a mistake in the flow / income variables unit was corrected. See […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/a-series-of-minor-revisions/
Launch date: 15 May 2015 LIS is taking another exciting step by releasing a brand new version of our Web Tabulator, our online table-making tool, on May 15. Anyone who wants to generate cross-national descriptive tables based on the underlying LIS datasets, without preparing programming, will be able to do so. What is important about […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/upcoming-new-web-tabulator/
LIS: Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg (ASBL) seeks applications for an Executive Director The LIS Executive Directorship – Overview: A part-time post offering substantial opportunities for research career advancement Leading and developing a high-profile world-renowned organization providing cross-national household survey data and related research resources and support Will work in close collaboration with the Director […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/lis-seeks-executive-director/
The Central Bank of Luxembourg (BCL) is holding its 3rd Luxembourg Workshop on Household Finance and Consumption (Lu-HFC) on 25 -26 June 2015. The objective of the workshop is to gather local and regional academics, researchers, PhD students, and representatives of relevant institutions interested in empirical research, on the economic and financial behaviour of households. […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/bcl-workshop-2015/