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New Leadership Structure at LIS
Sep 01, 2016 | News

A new leadership structure at LIS
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/new-leadership-structure-at-lis/

Francisco Ferreira
Jul 18, 2016 | Lecture Series

Senior Adviser in the World Bank’s Development Research Group, where he oversees the Bank’s research programs on poverty, inequality and agriculture, presented the 2016 LIS Summer Lecture:
Measuring Global Poverty: Past, Present and Future.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/lecture-series/francisco-ferreira/

Finland 2013 Added to the LIS Database
Jul 01, 2016 | Highlight

One new dataset from Finland, FI13, (WaveIX), has been added to the LIS Database. The dataset is from the 2014 wave of the Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC), which is carried out by Statistics Finland. In addition to releasing the Wave IX dataset, 5 earlier Finnish datasets (FI10/07/04/00/95) have been revised for consistency. […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/finland-2013-added-to-the-lis-database/

New US Datasets Added to the LWS Database
Jun 30, 2016 | Highlight

Five datasets from the United States, US95, US98, US01, US04 and US07, have been added to the LWS Database. The datasets are from the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF), carried out by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Please note that these datasets were included in the LWS pilot database but have […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/new-us-datasets-added-to-the-lws-database/

New Country: Data from Paraguay Now Available in the LIS Database
May 30, 2016 | Highlight

We are delighted to announce that we have acquired, for the first time, microdata from Paraguay. As of today, two datasets, PY10 (Wave VIII) and PY13 (Wave IX), are available in the LIS Database. The datasets are respectively from the 2010 and 2013 waves of the Continuous Household Survey (EPH), which are carried out by […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/new-country-data-from-paraguay-now-available-in-the-lis-database/

Luxembourg 2013 Added to the LIS Database
May 30, 2016 | Highlight

One new dataset from Luxembourg, LU13, (Wave IX), has been added to the LIS Database. The dataset is from the 2014 wave of Socio-Economic Panel “Living in Luxembourg” / Panel socio-économique “Liewen zu Letzebuerg” (PSELL III), carried out by the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER). In addition to releasing the Wave IX dataset, the […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/luxembourg-2013-added-to-the-lis-database/

Slovenia 2012 Added to the LIS Database
May 30, 2016 | Highlight

One new dataset from Slovenia, SI12 (Wave IX), has been added to the LIS Database The dataset is from the 2012 wave of Household Budget Survey (HBS), which is carried out by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. In addition to releasing the Wave IX dataset, the Slovenian datasets from the previous two […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/slovenia-2012-added-to-lis-database/

LIS Scholars Talking about Global Inequality
May 25, 2016 | News

Branko Milanovic and Paul Krugman on stage at CUNY
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/lis-scholars-talking-about-global-inequality/

Lee Rainwater Memorial Lecture Series Launched
May 24, 2016 | News

We are pleased to announce the founding of the Lee Rainwater Memorial Lecture Series. We are launching this lecture series in honor of Lee Rainwater – our colleague, coauthor, mentor, and friend. The series will recognize Lee’s brilliant and creative academic career as well as his role as founding Research Director of the Luxembourg Income […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/lee-rainwater-memorial-lecture-series-launched-2/

NYT Database Updated, Complementary Database Added
May 24, 2016 | Highlight

We have updated the LIS / New York Times Income Distribution Database that we added to the LIS website in April 2014. This database, which contains detailed information on the distribution and growth of household income across countries, has been updated to include later microdata and to change from 2005 to 2011 PPPs. We have […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/nyt-database-updated-complementary-database-added-2/