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New data from Peru
May 13, 2015 | Highlight

LIS is thrilled to announce another major addition to the LIS Database: three new datasets from Peru – PE07 (Wave VII), PE10 (Wave VIII) and PE13 (Wave IX). The datasets are respectively from the 2007, 2010 and 2013 waves of the National Household Survey (Encuesta Nacional de Hogares – ENAHO) from the National Institute of […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/new-data-from-peru/

Uruguay 2007, 2010 and 2013 added to LIS Database
May 13, 2015 | Highlight

We are delighted to announce that three new datasets from Uruguay have been added to the LIS Database: UY07 (Wave VII), UY10 (Wave VIII) and UY13 (Wave IX). The datasets are respectively from the 2007, 2010 and 2013 waves of the Continuous Household Survey (Encuesta Contínua de Hogares – ECH) from the National Statistical Office […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/uruguay-07-10-13-added/

United States 2013 revised
May 13, 2015 | Highlight

The US13 dataset (Wave IX) was re-harmonised on the basis of the recently re-released original data; the US Census Bureau corrected the 2014 ASEC data files, which are based on the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) of the Current Population Survey (CPS), to accommodate an additional tax bracket into 2014 tax model. This impacted […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/united-states-2013-revised/

A series of minor revisions
May 13, 2015 | Highlight

Several datasets underwent minor revisions: CA97 / PL86: variable RELATION contained a mixed code (in the 4000 category) which included also children that could not be reported separately. For clarity these observations were set to missing. AU81: code 90/9 of variables OCCB1/OCCA1 has been added to separate indistinguishable cases from true missings. PL95: variable STATUS1 […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/a-series-of-minor-revisions-2/

CZ02, CZ07 & CZ10 added to LIS Database
Mar 02, 2015 | Highlight

Three new datasets from the Czech Republic, CZ02 (Wave V), CZ07 (Wave VII) and CZ10 (Wave VIII), have been added to the LIS Database. The datasets are all from the Czech Statistical Office (Český Statistický Úřad, CSU). The CZ02 dataset is based on the 2002 Czech Microcensus, while CZ07 and CZ10 are based on the […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/cz02-cz07-cz10-added-to-lis-database/

A series of minor revisions
Mar 02, 2015 | Highlight

Several datasets underwent some minor revisions: EG12 and AU03 / AU01 / AU95 / AU89 / AU85 / AU81: variable PENSION, previously containing some double-counted amounts, was corrected. SI10: variables PPOPWGT / HPOPWGT inflate now to the correct population size. IL79 / PL86: a mistake in the flow / income variables unit was corrected. See […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/a-series-of-minor-revisions/

Data from Serbia are now available in the LIS Database
Jan 30, 2015 | Highlight

We are excited to announce that we have added a new country to the LIS Database. Three datasets from Serbia, RS06 (Wave VII), RS10 (Wave VIII) and RS13 (Wave IX), are now available. The datasets are from the Household Budget Survey (HBS) from the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (SORS).
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/data-from-serbia-are-now-available-in-the-lis-database/

Hungary 2007, 2010 and 2012 added to LIS Database
Jan 29, 2015 | Highlight

Three new datasets from Hungary, HU07 (Wave VII), HU10 (Wave VIII) and HU12 (Wave IX), have been added to the LIS Database. The datasets are from the Tárki Household Monitor Survey, which is based on data from the TÁRKI Social Research Institute. In addition, HU91, HU94, HU99, and HU05 (Waves III – VI) have been […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/hungary-added-to-lis-database/

Egyptian Data In-house!
Jan 28, 2015 | Highlight

We are delighted to announce that we have acquired, for the first time, microdata from Egypt. The dataset EG12 is now available in the LIS Database. The dataset is based on the 2012 Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey (ELMPS), corresponding to Wave IX. We thank the Economic Research Forum (ERF) in cooperation with Egypt’s Central […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/egyptian-data-in-house/

Launch of Wave IX – US 2013 added & revision of the US series
Nov 26, 2014 | Highlight

LIS is delighted to announce the launch of Wave IX of the LIS Database. The first dataset in Wave IX is the United States 2013, which is now available for use. This dataset is based on the Current Population Survey (CPS) carried out by the US Census Bureau. In addition, the US datasets in Wave […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/launch-of-wave-ix/