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Best Paper/Poster Award granted
Dec 15, 2023 | News

Congratulations to Benjamin Tippet and Ivan Skliarov for winning the Best Paper/Poster Award at the Income and wealth inequality: drivers and consequences Conference
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/best-paper-poster-award-income-and-wealth-inequality-drivers-and-consequences-conference/

The Role of College Majors in Earnings Inequality among College Graduates
Dec 15, 2023 | News

This article studies the relationship between undergraduate programs and earnings inequality among college graduates in the US
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/the-role-of-college-majors-in-earnings-inequality-among-college-graduates/

Missing wealth distribution, wealth inequality and anti-inequality policies
Dec 15, 2023 | News

In this article, the authors present a methodology to correct for under-reporting of financial assets in surveys.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/missing-wealth-distribution-wealth-inequality-and-anti-inequality-policies/

Conference: Income and Wealth Inequality: Drivers and Consequences
Dec 15, 2023 | News

On September 27-29, 2023, LIS and the Faculty of Management and Economics at the Gdańsk University of Technology held the conference "Income and Wealth Inequality: Drivers and Consequences"
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/conference-income-and-wealth-inequality-drivers-and-consequences/

2023 Winter Data Splash
Dec 08, 2023 | Highlight

LIS is happy to announce the addition of twenty-nine datasets to the LIS Database and six datasets to the LWS Database.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/2023-winter-data-splash/

Upcoming Seminar on ‘In Search of a Paradox of Redistribution: An Analysis of Fiscal Redistribution in High-income Countries’
Oct 27, 2023 | News

LIS and LISER invite you for a hybrid session of the (LIS)^2ER Friday seminar
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/upcoming-seminar-on-in-search-of-a-paradox-of-redistribution-an-analysis-of-fiscal-redistribution-in-high-income-countries/

Wealth Inequalities and Homeownership – Two Perspectives
Sep 15, 2023 | News

This article by Sebastian Will is emphasizing the huge role that homeownership plays in shaping wealth inequalities.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/wealth-inequalities-and-homeownership-two-perspectives/

Impact of the 2018 fiscal reform on wage income in Romania
Sep 15, 2023 | News

The recent fiscal reforms in Romania led to a significant increase in gross wages.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/impact-of-the-2018-fiscal-reform-on-wage-income-in-romania/

2019 Labour Income Tax Reform in Lithuania
Sep 15, 2023 | News

The recent fiscal reforms in Lithuania led to a significant increase in gross wages.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/2019-labour-income-tax-reform-in-lithuania/

The ‘lissyrtools’ R package V0.1: Functions for computing inequality estimates in the LISSY environment
Sep 15, 2023 | News

Josep Espasa Reig describes lissyrtools, a newly released R package developed at LIS.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/the-lissyrtools-r-package-v0-1-functions-for-computing-inequality-estimates-in-the-lissy-environment/