LIS has temporarily paused the addition of new data during this quarter in preparation of an upcoming update to its LIS and LWS databases.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/2024-autumn-data-splash/
Archives
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.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/safety-net-or-sieve-the-coverage-of-minimum-income-schemes-and-the-new-social-risks/
Using the Egyptian ERFLIS data, this article further dissects the national inequality levels by breaking them down to the regional level.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/the-geography-of-inequality-in-egypt-decomposition-analysis-and-regional-trends-over-1999-2017/
This article explores wealth disparities between migrant and native populations using data from the Luxembourg Wealth Study.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/analyzing-migrant-wealth-gaps-in-cross-national-perspective-using-lws-data/
This article explores how these socio-demographic changes have impacted income inequality in six continental European countries over a thirty-year period.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/socio-demographic-changes-and-income-inequality/
We invite scholars in the field of comparative economic inequality to contribute to the 2nd III/LIS Conference
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/call-for-papers-for-the-2nd-iii-lis-comparative-economic-inequality-conference-2025/
Ravi Kanbur, Professor at Cornell University, presented the 2024 LIS Summer Lecture:
Predistribution vs Redistribution
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/lecture-series/ravi-kanbur/
Professor Philippe Van Kerm is the new LIS Research Director
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/lis-welcomes-philippe-van-kerm-as-its-new-research-director/
Bridging Inequality of Opportunity, Sufficientarianism, and Limitarianism: This article provides a framework for assessing unfair inequality
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/bridging-inequality-of-opportunity-sufficientarianism-and-limitarianism-a-framework-for-assessing-unfair-inequality/
This article provides a snapshot how tertiary education degrees in Austria expanded and how the higher education premium by gender has evolved over time.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/educational-expansion-and-returns-to-higher-education-in-austria-over-three-decades/