Registration is now open for the 19th Winter School on Inequality and Social Welfare Theory.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/call-for-applications-nineteenth-winter-school-on-inequality-and-social-welfare-theory-it19-6-10-january-2026/
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LIS partners with the UK SafePod Network for secure UK-wide secure data access.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/lis-joins-the-uk-safepod-network-spn/
Call for Papers for the SOEP User Conference (July 8 to 9, 2026).
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/call-for-papers-soep-2026-16th-international-german-socio-economic-panel-user-conference/
LIS and LWS data have been extensively utilized across recent United Nations flagship reports.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/lis-data-utilised-prominently-in-recent-united-nations-reports/
LIS and LWS data were extensively used in the OECD’s new report “To Have and Have Not – How to Bridge the Gap in Opportunities.”
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/lis-data-featured-in-oecds-new-flagship-report-on-inequality-to-have-and-have-not-how-to-bridge-the-gap-in-opportunities/
This article explores how the propensity to save for old age is associated with financial literacy and a range of socio-demographic characteristics.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/financial-literacy-and-voluntary-savings-in-the-united-kingdom/
This article examines how social protection expenditure and labor market institutions affect the incidence of IWP across 22 European countries.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/in-work-poverty-social-protection-and-labor-market-institutions-in-europe/
Using LIS data for Luxembourg, France, Germany, and Belgium, this contribution compares median incomes across household types.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/who-thrives-and-who-falls-behind-household-income-differences-in-luxembourg-and-its-neighbouring-countries/
LIS is happy to announce the addition of 11 datasets to the LIS Database and 5 datasets to the LWS Database.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/2025-autumn-data-splash/
Marc Fleurbaey, Chaired Professor at Paris School of Economics, presented the 2025 LIS Summer Lecture:
Social contagion, inequality and mobility
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/lecture-series/marc-fleurbaey/