Earlier this spring, the inaugural Lee Rainwater Memorial Lecture was given by LIS former president Robert Erikson
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/inaugural-lee-rainwater-memorial-lecture-given-by-robert-erikson/
Archives
A call for papers of a special issue of the Journal of Income Distribution has been launched. In this special issue, LIS/LWS scholars are offered the opportunity to publish their research in one volume in order to broaden the discussion and enhance our knowledge from inequality and poverty to labor market participation, from saving patterns […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/call-for-papers-special-issue-of-the-journal-of-income-distribution/
Excerpt: Three New datasets from Austria (AT07, AT10 and AT13) have been added to the LIS Database and earlier datasets (AT04, AT00, AT97 and AT94) were revised for consistency
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/new-austrian-datasets-added-to-the-lis-database-2/
Three New datasets from Switzerland (CH07, CH10 and CH13) have been added to the LIS Database and earlier datasets (CH04, CH02, CH00 and CH92) were revised for consistency
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/new-swiss-datasets-added-to-the-lis-database/
New dataset from Slovakia (EE13) has been added to the LIS Database and the entire series for Slovakia revised for consistency
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/slovakia-2013-added-to-the-lis-database/
Seven New datasets from Austria, Slovakia and Switzerland have been added to the LIS Database
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/spring-data-release/
The application is due 26 March 2017
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/2017-lis-introductory-summer-workshop-application-is-available/
Remembrances from LIS' friends
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/we-wont-see-his-like-again-2/
François Bourguignon has been named President of the Board of LIS: Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/francois-bourguignon-has-been-named-president-of-lis-board/
A new powerful documentation system of the LIS and LWS databases is now available
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/lis-metadata-information-system-metis-has-been-launched/