One new dataset from Somalia, SO16 (Wave X) has been added to the ERF-LIS Database. The dataset is based on the ERF Harmonised Household Income and Expenditure Surveys (HHIES) version of Somali High Frequency Survey (HFS) carried out by Somalia Statistics , Directorate of National Statistics.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/somalia-2016-added-to-erf-lis-database/
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One new dataset from Sudan, SD09 (Wave VIII) has been added to the ERF-LIS Database. The dataset is based on the ERF Harmonised Household Income and Expenditure Surveys (HHIES) version of the National Baseline Household Survey (NBHS) carried out by Sudan Central Bureau of Statistics.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/sudan-2009-added-to-erf-lis-database/
Using the soon to be released annual LIS data series from Lithuania for 2009-2017, Gintare takes a closer look at the poverty trends among the elderly and identifies some of the factors behind these trends.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/why-is-old-age-poverty-on-the-rise-in-lithuania-a-first-look-at-the-annual-lis-data-series-for-2009-2017/
Following Ranaldi’s ICI index, Roberto Iacono and Elisa Palagi study how the heterogeneity in the factor income shares of individuals compares in the Nordic countries.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/still-the-lands-of-equality-on-the-heterogeneity-of-individual-factor-income-shares-in-the-nordics/
Pedro Salas Rojo and Juan Gabriel Rodríguez use Machine Learning techniques to explore the role of any inheritances received in shaping wealth distribution in five OECD countries.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/the-role-of-inheritance-on-wealth-inequality-a-machine-learning-approach/
Launch of a new version of LISSY which includes a fully web-based interface and graphing functionalities.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/lissy-upgrade/
LIS data included in Khan Academy tutorial!
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/khan-academy-includes-lis-data-in-their-tutorials-in-partnership-with-the-new-york-times/
Ninth call for the InGRID-2 Visiting Grants is Now Open. Deadline for application is May 1, 2020.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/ninth-call-for-the-ingrid-2-visiting-grants-is-now-open/
Due to the current outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19), the 2020 LIS Summer Workshop has been cancelled.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/the-2020-lis-summer-workshop-is-cancelled/
Thirteen new micro datasets are added to the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) Database, and one new dataset to the Luxembourg Wealth Study (LWS) Database.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/2020-spring-data-release/