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Occupational Assortative Mating and Gender Inequality in Earnings
Jun 13, 2025 | News

In this article, the authors explore occupational assortative mating and its implications for gender inequality in earnings.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/occupational-assortative-mating-and-gender-inequality-in-earnings/

Comparing Child Poverty Using the Luxembourg Income Study and Policy Recommendations
Jun 13, 2025 | News

Using recent LIS data, this article conducts a comparative analysis of child poverty across countries.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/comparing-child-poverty-using-the-luxembourg-income-study-and-policy-recommendations/

False Negatives? Earnings Underreporting, Tax Overreporting in Surveys Worldwide
Jun 13, 2025 | News

This article addresses the issue of earnings underreporting and tax overreporting in global household surveys
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/false-negatives-earnings-underreporting-tax-overreporting-in-surveys-worldwide/

Major Update: lissyrtools R Package Version 0.2.0 Released
Jun 11, 2025 | News

We are pleased to announce the release of lissyrtools version 0.2.0.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/major-update-lissyrtools-r-package-version-0-2-0-now-available/

2025 Summer Data Splash
Jun 11, 2025 | Highlight

LIS is happy to announce the addition of 32 datasets to the LIS Database and 2 datasets to the LWS Database.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/2025-summer-data-splash/

LIS Announces the 2025 Aldi Award Winners
Jun 04, 2025 | News

Carlos J. Gil-Hernández, Pedro Salas-Rojo, Guillem Vidal-Lorda, and Davide Villani are the winners of the 2024 LIS Aldi Award
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/lis-announces-the-2024-aldi-award-winners/

Invitation to the 2025 LIS Summer Lecture on “Social contagion, inequality and mobility”
Jun 02, 2025 | News

LIS is happy to invite you to the 2025 Summer Lecture on “Social contagion, inequality and mobility” - Monday, June 30th 2025.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/invitation-to-the-2025-lis-summer-lecture-on-social-contagion-inequality-and-mobility/

NEW LIS & LWS documentation:
Contents of LIS and LWS flow variables and LWS assets and liabilities variables

Apr 04, 2025 | News

LIS is publishing detailed content tables to provide clearer documentation of flow variables in the LIS/LWS Databases, and assets and liabilities variables in the LWS Database.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/new-lis-lws-documentation-contents-of-lis-and-lws-flow-variables-and-lws-assets-and-liabilities-variables/

Labor Market Returns under Educational Expansion in the Americas: Is the Value of Educational Credentials Changing?
Mar 14, 2025 | News

This study analyses how educational expansion affects labour market returns in liberal welfare regimes across the Americas.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/labor-market-returns-under-educational-expansion-in-the-americas-is-the-value-of-educational-credentials-changing/

Highlights from the 2nd III-LIS Comparative Economic Inequality Conference
Mar 14, 2025 | News

The 2nd III-LIS Conference featured 79 papers, keynotes, and a discussion on Branko Milanovic’s book
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/highlights-from-the-2nd-iii-lis-comparative-economic-inequality-conference/