The Myth of the Middle Class Squeeze: Employment and Income by Class in Six Western Countries, 1980-2020
In this article, the authors challenges the thesis of a middle class squeeze in six large Western countries
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Highlights of the LIS 40th Anniversary Conference (May 25th-26th 2023)
This article summarises the LIS 40th Anniversary Lecture and Conference
Upcoming Seminar on ‘For Richer: Marriage and Wealth’
The University of Luxembourg, LIS, and LISER invite you for a hybrid session of the monthly seminar on social inequality and public policies
Upcoming Seminar on ‘The Demography of Rising Wealth Inequality’
The University of Luxembourg, LIS, and LISER invite you for a hybrid session of the monthly seminar on social inequality and public policies
LIS granted the Aldi Award for 2022 LIS Working Paper
Regina S. Baker and Heather A. O’Connell are the winners of the 2022 LIS Aldi Award
Release of the UN Department of Social Affairs (UNDESA) 2023 World Social Report
LIS data was heavily used for some analysis underlying the latest UNDESA World Social Report 2023
Call for papers for the conference “Income and wealth inequality: drivers and consequences”
We invite scholars working in the field of income and wealth inequalities to contribute to the Income and wealth inequality: drivers and consequences Conference
Persistent segmentation in social policy in 21st century Latin America
This article sheds light on the varying welfare policy approaches in Latin America in the first two decades in the 21st century
Varieties of gendered inequality outcomes
This article studies gender inequality trends before and after the global financial crisis across eight high-income countries
Who are the bachelors? – Capturing degree heterogeneity within the tertiary level in comparative perspective
This article gives some hints how in the LIS databases international and national classifications can be used for cross-national research with respect to coping with the diversity of tertiary degrees