Occupational Assortative Mating and Gender Inequality in Earnings
In this article, the authors explore occupational assortative mating and its implications for gender inequality in earnings.
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Comparing Child Poverty Using the Luxembourg Income Study and Policy Recommendations
Using recent LIS data, this article conducts a comparative analysis of child poverty across countries.
False Negatives? Earnings Underreporting, Tax Overreporting in Surveys Worldwide
This article addresses the issue of earnings underreporting and tax overreporting in global household surveys
Major Update: lissyrtools R Package Version 0.2.0 Released
We are pleased to announce the release of lissyrtools version 0.2.0.
LIS Announces the 2025 Aldi Award Winners
Carlos J. Gil-Hernández, Pedro Salas-Rojo, Guillem Vidal-Lorda, and Davide Villani are the winners of the 2024 LIS Aldi Award
Invitation to the 2025 LIS Summer Lecture on “Social contagion, inequality and mobility”
LIS is happy to invite you to the 2025 Summer Lecture on “Social contagion, inequality and mobility” – Monday, June 30th 2025.
NEW LIS & LWS documentation: Contents of LIS and LWS flow variables and LWS assets and liabilities variables
LIS is publishing detailed content tables to provide clearer documentation of flow variables in the LIS/LWS Databases, and assets and liabilities variables in the LWS Database.
Labor Market Returns under Educational Expansion in the Americas: Is the Value of Educational Credentials Changing?
This study analyses how educational expansion affects labour market returns in liberal welfare regimes across the Americas.
Highlights from the 2nd III-LIS Comparative Economic Inequality Conference
The 2nd III-LIS Conference featured 79 papers, keynotes, and a discussion on Branko Milanovic’s book
“Visions of Inequality” Branko Milanovic in conversation with Francisco Ferreira and Janet Gornick
Francisco Ferreira and Janet Gornick discussed Visions of Inequality with Branko Milanovic at III-LIS 2025.