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Safety Net or Sieve: The Coverage of Minimum Income Schemes and the New Social Risks

Using micro-data from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) Database for 17 European countries, this article explores the recipiency of last resort means-tested income support.

September 13, 2024 | News and Events | read more »

The Geography of Inequality in Egypt: Decomposition Analysis and Regional Trends over 1999-2017

Using the Egyptian ERFLIS data, this article further dissects the national inequality levels by breaking them down to the regional level.

September 5, 2024 | News and Events | read more »

Analyzing Migrant Wealth Gaps in Cross-National Perspective Using LWS Data

This article explores wealth disparities between migrant and native populations using data from the Luxembourg Wealth Study.

September 3, 2024 | News and Events | read more »

Socio-demographic Changes and Income Inequality

This article explores how these socio-demographic changes have impacted income inequality in six continental European countries over a thirty-year period.

September 3, 2024 | News and Events | read more »

Call for papers for the 2nd III/LIS Comparative Economic Inequality Conference 2025

We invite scholars in the field of comparative economic inequality to contribute to the 2nd III/LIS Conference

August 23, 2024 | News and Events | read more »

LIS Welcomes Philippe Van Kerm as Research Director

Professor Philippe Van Kerm is the new LIS Research Director

June 14, 2024 | News and Events | read more »

Bridging Inequality of Opportunity, Sufficientarianism, and Limitarianism: A Framework for Assessing Unfair Inequality

Bridging Inequality of Opportunity, Sufficientarianism, and Limitarianism: This article provides a framework for assessing unfair inequality

June 14, 2024 | News and Events | read more »

Educational Expansion and Returns to Higher Education in Austria over three Decades

This article provides a snapshot how tertiary education degrees in Austria expanded and how the higher education premium by gender has evolved over time.

June 14, 2024 | News and Events | read more »