Inequality Reduction in four Advanced Countries from 2000 to the late 2010s
In this article, Munzi and Neugschwender take a closer look at changes in the income distribution from 2000 to the late 2010s in Canada, Germany, the UK, and the US.
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Financial Information and Investment Decisions: Some Stylized Facts from the United States using the Luxembourg Wealth Study Database
This brief writing aims to examine the sources of information utilized by households for investing decisions.
Release of a New Book; Inequality in the developing world, edited by Gradín, Leibbrandt, and Tarp
LIS is delighted to announce the publication of the book “Inequality in the Developing World” by Oxford University Press.
Video recordings for the first (LIS)2ER workshop: “The Distributional Effects of Higher-Education Expansion” are now available!
Video recordings for the first (LIS)2ER workshop “The Distributional Effects of Higher-Education Expansion” are now available!
Globalization and Economic Redistribution in Central and Eastern Europe Thirty Years after the Transition
In this article, the author discusses how is globalization shaping economic redistribution in Central and Eastern Europe thirty years after the start of the post-communist transition.
(LIS)2ER workshop: “The Distributional Effects of Higher-Education Expansion”
This article summarizes the different papers presented during the virtual workshop on “The Distributional Effects of Higher Education Expansion”.
Taxation of Families and ‘Families of Taxation’? Inequality Modification Between Family Types Across Welfare States
By using Theil indices, Manuel Schechtl examines income inequality between the six most prevalent family types before and after income taxation across welfare states.
De-routinization of Jobs and Polarization of Earnings – Evidence from 35 Countries
In this article, the authors contribute novel evidence for two highly debated questions in the literature, i.e. whether job polarization is a local or global phenomenon and whether it entails distributional effects.
LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg and LISER convene a workshop on “The Distributional Effects of Higher Education Expansion”
Upcoming virtual workshop on “The Distributional Effects of Higher Education Expansion” will take place on the 12th and 13th of November.
The latest additions to our LIS and LWS databases can now also be explored in DART!
New updates to LIS Data Access Research Tool (DART)!