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LIS Congratulates Daron Acemoglu on Nobel Prize for Research on Institutions and Economic Development
LIS congratulates Professors Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson on this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
LIS Welcomes Philippe Van Kerm as Research Director
Professor Philippe Van Kerm is the new LIS Research Director
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
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.