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What is LIS?
LIS brochure (pdf 976kb)
LIS is a cross-national data center located in Luxembourg which serves a global community of researchers, educators, and policy makers.
LIS acquires datasets with income, wealth, employment, and demographic data from many high- and middle-income countries, harmonises them to enable cross-national comparisons, and makes them publicly available in two databases, the Luxembourg Income Study Database (LIS) and the Luxembourg Wealth Study Database (LWS).
LIS is an internationally respected venue for cross-national research in the social sciences, serving as a host of international conferences, visiting scholars, and pre-and postdocs and a virtual host for scholarly exchange.
Our mission is to enable, facilitate, promote, and conduct cross-national comparative research on socio-economic outcomes and on the institutional factors that shape those outcomes.
What's new?
Upcoming LISSY Registration Renewal for 2026
Renewal of registration to access LISSY System is required
Our World In Data (OWID) LIS Data Explorers Updated!
Our World in Data has updated its LIS-based Data Explorers with the latest December data release.
LIS User Support – Holiday Season Working Hours
LIS User Support reduced working hours
Call for proposals: Research stays in Luxembourg
2026 Call for Visitors at LIS and LISER within the (LIS)2ER Initiative is Now Open!
Alimony received and paid: What is the impact on the risk of poverty after separation?
This article analyses how alimony redistributes resources and affects poverty risks after parental separation.
Behind Closed Doors: Intra-Couple Pension and Wealth Gaps in Germany and Beyond
This article examines gendered pension and wealth inequalities within retired couples from a cross-national perspective.