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Daniele Checchi
Aug 31, 2016 | Uncategorized

Director   checchi@lisdatacenter.org bio Daniele Checchi, Professor of Economics in the University of Milan (Italy), is the overall Director and oversees all aspects of LIS’ work. Currently on leave from university duties, he is since January 2020 also the Director of the Research Center of the Italian National Social Security Institute. He holds a MA in […]
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Heba Omar
Aug 31, 2016 | LIS Staff - Luxembourg

Assistant Director of Operations   omar@lisdatacenter.org bio Heba Omar holds a Bachelor’s degree in Statistics from the Faculty of Economics and Political Science at Cairo University. She then obtained a Master’s degree in Biostatistics and Demography from the Institute of Statistical Studies and Research at Cairo University. Her master’s thesis focused on The Development of Multidimensional […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/team/lis-staff-luxembourg/heba-omar/

Daniele Checchi
Aug 31, 2016 | Senior Scholars

Senior Scholar, LIS Email checchi@lisdatacenter.org Daniele Checchi is Professor of Economics at the University of Milan in Italy, currently on leave from university duties, working at Italian National agency for the Evaluation of the University system and serves as Director of the Luxembourg Office of LIS. His research interests, published in journals like Economic Policy, […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/team/senior-scholars/daniele-checchi-2/

Leslie McCall
Aug 31, 2016 | Senior Scholars

Senior Scholar, LIS Leslie McCall will join the Graduate Center faculty in January 2017. She will also become the Associate Director of the Stone Center.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/team/senior-scholars/leslie-mccall/

Francisco Ferreira
Jul 18, 2016 | Lecture Series

Senior Adviser in the World Bank’s Development Research Group, where he oversees the Bank’s research programs on poverty, inequality and agriculture, presented the 2016 LIS Summer Lecture:
Measuring Global Poverty: Past, Present and Future.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/lecture-series/francisco-ferreira/

Finland 2013 Added to the LIS Database
Jul 01, 2016 | Highlight

One new dataset from Finland, FI13, (WaveIX), has been added to the LIS Database. The dataset is from the 2014 wave of the Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC), which is carried out by Statistics Finland. In addition to releasing the Wave IX dataset, 5 earlier Finnish datasets (FI10/07/04/00/95) have been revised for consistency. […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/finland-2013-added-to-the-lis-database/

New US Datasets Added to the LWS Database
Jun 30, 2016 | Highlight

Five datasets from the United States, US95, US98, US01, US04 and US07, have been added to the LWS Database. The datasets are from the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF), carried out by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Please note that these datasets were included in the LWS pilot database but have […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/new-us-datasets-added-to-the-lws-database/

LIS Hosts ECINEQ 2017
Jun 06, 2016 | Uncategorized

We are pleased to announce that the LIS Center has been selected to host the 2017 Meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ). The meeting will be held at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, on 17-19 July, 2017. The call-for-papers will be issued by the ECINEQ […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/uncategorized/lis-hosts-ecineq-2017/

New Country: Data from Paraguay Now Available in the LIS Database
May 30, 2016 | Highlight

We are delighted to announce that we have acquired, for the first time, microdata from Paraguay. As of today, two datasets, PY10 (Wave VIII) and PY13 (Wave IX), are available in the LIS Database. The datasets are respectively from the 2010 and 2013 waves of the Continuous Household Survey (EPH), which are carried out by […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/new-country-data-from-paraguay-now-available-in-the-lis-database/

Luxembourg 2013 Added to the LIS Database
May 30, 2016 | Highlight

One new dataset from Luxembourg, LU13, (Wave IX), has been added to the LIS Database. The dataset is from the 2014 wave of Socio-Economic Panel “Living in Luxembourg” / Panel socio-économique “Liewen zu Letzebuerg” (PSELL III), carried out by the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER). In addition to releasing the Wave IX dataset, the […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/luxembourg-2013-added-to-the-lis-database/