Best Paper/Poster Award granted
Congratulations to Benjamin Tippet and Ivan Skliarov for winning the Best Paper/Poster Award at the Income and wealth inequality: drivers and consequences Conference
News
The Role of College Majors in Earnings Inequality among College Graduates
This article studies the relationship between undergraduate programs and earnings inequality among college graduates in the US
Missing wealth distribution, wealth inequality and anti-inequality policies
In this article, the authors present a methodology to correct for under-reporting of financial assets in surveys.
Conference: Income and Wealth Inequality: Drivers and Consequences
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”
Upcoming Seminar on ‘In Search of a Paradox of Redistribution: An Analysis of Fiscal Redistribution in High-income Countries’
LIS and LISER invite you for a hybrid session of the (LIS)^2ER Friday seminar
Wealth Inequalities and Homeownership – Two Perspectives
This article by Sebastian Will is emphasizing the huge role that homeownership plays in shaping wealth inequalities.
Impact of the 2018 fiscal reform on wage income in Romania
The recent fiscal reforms in Romania led to a significant increase in gross wages.
2019 Labour Income Tax Reform in Lithuania
The recent fiscal reforms in Lithuania led to a significant increase in gross wages.
The ‘lissyrtools’ R package V0.1: Functions for computing inequality estimates in the LISSY environment
Josep Espasa Reig describes lissyrtools, a newly released R package developed at LIS.
More Unequal or Not as Rich? Revisiting the Latin American Exception
In this article, the authors reassess the prevailing narrative of declining inequality in Latin America