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.
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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
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
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 2021 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