The entire Swedish series has been revised to make occupational classification variables more consistent over time. In addition, a few minor revisions were made to some demographic variables.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/swedish-series-revised/
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A new dataset from France has been added to the LIS Database, FR78 (Wave I). The dataset is from the Family Budget Survey and is provided by the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). In addition, the entire French series has been revised to make education variables more consistent over time. Note: Revisions were […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/france-1978-added-to-lis-database/
Two new datasets from Slovenia, SI07 (Wave VII) and SI10 (WaveVIII), have been added to the LIS Database. The datasets are from the Household Budget Survey and are provided by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. In addition, SI04 (Wave VI) has been revised.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/slovenia-2007-2010-added-to-lis-database/
A new dataset from Israel, IL10 (Wave VIII), has been added to the LIS Database. The dataset is from the Household Expenditure Survey and is provided by the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. It was harmonized with the support of the National Insurance Institute of Israel. In addition, the entire Israeli series has been revised […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/israel-2010-added-to-lis-database/
Three new datasets from Russia have been added to the LIS Database, RU04 (Wave VI), RU07 (Wave VII), and RU10 (Wave VIII). The datasets are originally from the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey-Higher School of Economics (RLMS-HSE) and are provided by The Carolina Population Center at UNC-Chapel Hill. In addition, RU00 (Wave V) has been revised.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/russia-2004-2007-2010-added-to-lis-database/
LIS Director Janet Gornick gave a presentation at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting in August. Her presentation highlighted LIS’ harmonisation process, access to the LIS databases, and examples of research using LIS and LWS data. The session, organized by Patricia White of the US National Science Foundation (NSF), presented four prominent data sources that […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/news/american-sociological-association-session-features-presentation-about-lis/
Sir Tony Atkinson, President of the LIS Board, is a professor of economics at Oxford University and one of the world’s leading scholars on economic inequality. We are delighted that he was able to contribute to our new book, “Income Inequality: Economic Disparities and the Middle Class in Affluent Countries.” In addition to contributing a […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/read-tony-atkinsons-foreword-to-our-new-book/
This past Saturday marked the end of the 2013 LIS Summer Workshop. The workshop, which has been held annually since 1988, features a mix of lectures and hands-on laboratory sessions. This year, lectures were given by LIS Director Janet Gornick, Research Director Markus Jäntti, and members of the LIS staff. The week-long workshop introduced attendees to […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/2013-lis-summer-workshop-completed/
Research Professor at the Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, and Director of EUROMOD, presented the 2013 LIS Summer Lecture:
Who Pays for Austerity? The Design and Distributional Effects of Fiscal Consolidation in the European Union.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/lecture-series/holly-sutherland/
Income Inequality: Economic Disparities and the Middle Class in Affluent Countries Edited by Janet C. Gornick and Markus Jäntti Stanford University Press This state-of-the-art volume presents comparative, empirical research on a topic that has long preoccupied scholars, politicians, and everyday citizens: economic inequality. While income and wealth inequality across all populations is the primary focus, […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/published-book-edited-by-janet-c-gornick-and-markus-jantti/