2021 Spring Data Splash

LIS is happy to announce the following data updates:

• Israel – Annualisation of the country series from 2002 to 2018 for the LIS Database
  (11 new datasets and 11 revised)
   
  Eleven new datasets have been added to the LIS Database (IL02, IL03, IL04, IL06, IL08, IL09, IL11, IL13, IL15, IL17, IL18). The datasets are based on the respective waves of Household Expenditure Survey (HES) carried out by Central Bureau of Statistics and reworked by the National Insurance Institute of Israel. Earlier datasets of the Israeli data series (IL79, IL86, IL92, IL97, IL01, IL05, IL07, IL10, IL12, IL14, IL16 ) were revised for consistency; IL05 has been fully reharmonised to ensure a better over time comparison with the annual data IL02-IL18.
• Norway – NO16 added to the LIS Database (1 new dataset and 1 revised)
   
  One new dataset from Norway, NO16 (Wave X), has been added to the LIS Database. The dataset is derived from the fully register-based Household Income Statistics maintained by Statistics Norway (SSB). In addition, in NO13 minor revisions to the income blocks pensions and public social benefits were carried out.
• Norway – NO16 added to the LWS Database (1 new dataset and 2 revised)
   
  One new dataset from Norway, NO16 (Wave X), has been added to the LWS Database. The dataset is derived from the fully register-based Household Income and Wealth Statistics maintained by Statistics Norway (SSB). In addition, in NO13 minor revisions to the income blocks pensions and public social benefits were carried out.
• Slovakia – Annualisation of the country series from 2014 to 2018 for the LIS Database (5 new datasets and 6 revised)
   
  Five new dataset from Slovakia, SK14 (Wave IX), SK15 (Wave X), SK16 (Wave X), SK17(Wave X), and SK18 (Wave XI), have been added to the LIS Database. The datasets are based on the Survey on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) carried out by Statistical Office of Slovakia (ŠÚ SR).In addition, the entire LIS series for Slovakia (SK92, SK96, SK04, SK07, SK10, SK13) has been revised for consistency.
• United Kingdom – Addition of UK18, further annualisation backwards in time and revision of the overall series for the LIS Database (4 new datasets and 21 revised)
   
  Four new datasets, UK96 (Wave IV), UK97 (Wave IV), UK98 (Wave V), UK18 (Wave XI), have been added to the British series in the LIS Database, which make the series fully annual from UK94 to UK18. For this update, the latest version of the Family Resources Survey (FRS) provided by Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Office for National Statistics (ONS) was used. It should be noted that the construction of gross labour income has been adjusted in UK99-UK17.
  Labour income and corresponding income taxes and social security contributions have undergone a major revision. As a result of these changes, the consistency between gross and net labour income – and hence the amount of income taxes and social security contributions, has improved considerably. Several public benefits variables (including pensions and non-pension benefits) have been slightly adjusted.
  Income taxes and social security contributions, which were available as a unique amount only in p/hxitsc before, are now available also available in variables p/hxitax and p/hxscont.
  A mistake in the calculation of utilities (embedded in variable hc4 (actual rent and utilities)) has been corrected; actual rent (hc41) has been revised to include total gross rent (before deduction of housing benefits and other contributions).

• United States – US19 added to the LWS Database (1 new dataset and 8 revised)
   
  One new dataset, US19 (Wave XI), has been added to the LWS Database. This dataset is based on the 2019 wave of the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) carried out by Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The datasets US01, US04, US07, US10, US13, and US16 were revised in pension income; private pensions (hi33) include now also withdrawals from pension accounts, in order to yield better consistency with the NBER TAXSIM calculator for simulation of income taxes.
• Czech Republic – The Czech data series in the LIS Database underwent consistency revisions.
   
  The Czech data series underwent consistency revisions. In CZ92 lfs (labour force status) was corrected, and for the whole series the block of immigration, as well as industry and occupation codes in ind1_c and occ1_c were reviewed for consistency.

March 12, 2021 | Highlight