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/
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Today, LIS is taking an exciting step forward by introducing an expanded and updated version of the Luxembourg Wealth Study (LWS) Database. Launched in 2007 as a pilot project, the LWS Database has provided opportunities for research on wealth and debt. In the intervening nine years, LIS has contributed to, and gained from, networks of […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/new-luxembourg-wealth-study-lws-is-launched/
We are delighted to inform our users that we have added one new dataset from United Kingdom, UK13 (Wave IX), to the LIS Database. The dataset is from the 2013-14 wave of Family Resources Survey (FRS), which serves as input for the British component of the EU Survey of Income and Living Conditions – SILC. […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/united-kingdom-2013-added-to-the-lis-database/
Tim Smeeding, former LIS Director, has received a prestigious award from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. The award granted Tim a named professorship, and invited him to select the name. Tim chose the title: Lee Rainwater Distinguished Professor of Public Affairs and Economics. For over two decades, Lee was LIS’ Research Director; he was a […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/tim-smeeding-named-lee-rainwater-distinguished-professor-of-public-affairs-and-economics/
Today, the Guardian launched a two-week series, on the worrisome economic status of “Generation Y” (those born between 1980 and the mid-1990s) in eight affluent countries: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK and US. The main data source was our Luxembourg Income Study Database. We look forward to future collaborations with the Guardian – […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/the-guardian-launched-a-two-week-series-based-on-lis-data/
We are delighted to inform our users that we have added one new dataset from India, IN11 (Wave VIII), to the LIS Database. The dataset is from the 2011 India Human Development Survey (IHDS), was jointly organized by researchers from the University of Maryland (in the US) and the National Council of Applied Economic Research […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/india-2011-added-to-the-lis-database/
Dear LIS Community, As 2016 starts, I not only wish you a very happy New Year but also bring news of new developments in the organization of LIS. The LIS Executive Committee and Board have, at Janet’s instigation, been looking to the future in terms both of structure and personnel, and are very pleased that […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/daniele-checchi/
We are delighted to announce that we have acquired, for the first time, microdata from the Dominican Republic. As of today, one dataset, DO07 (Wave VII), is available in the LIS Database. The dataset is from the 2006-2007 wave of the National Household Income and Expenditure Survey / Encuesta Nacional de Ingresos y Gastos de […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/new-country-dominican-republic-2007-in-house/
We are thrilled to announce another addition to the LIS Database: one new dataset from Colombia, CO13 (Wave IX). The dataset is from the January 2014 wave of the Great Integrated Household Survey / Gran Encuesta Integrada de Hogares (GEIH), carried out by the National Administrative Department of Statistics / Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/addition-of-colombia-2013/
We are delighted to inform our users that we have added one new dataset from Taiwan, TW13 (Wave IX), to the LIS Database. The dataset is from the 2013 wave of the Survey of Family Income and Expenditure, carried out by the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS). In addition, all 9 previous LIS […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/taiwan-2013-now-available/