Two new datasets from the Finland, FI07 (Wave VII) and FI10 (Wave VIII), have been added to the LIS Database. The datasets are from the Survey on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) and are provided by Statistics Finland. In addition, FI95 (Wave IV), FI00 (Wave V), and FI04 (Wave VI) have been revised for consistency.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/finland-2007-2010-added-to-lis-database/
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Two new datasets from the Netherlands, NL07 (Wave VII) and NL10 (Wave VIII), have been added to the LIS Database. The datasets are from the Survey on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) and are provided by Statistics Netherlands. In addition, NL04 (Wave VI) has been revised for consistency.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/netherlands-2007-2010-added-to-lis-database/
Watch the video of the panel and discussion from the November 4th book launch. The discussion and Q&A ran about one and a half hours. Editors Janet Gornick and Markus Jäntti present Income Inequality: Economic Disparities and the Middle Class in Affluent Countries with contributing authors. Moderated by Branko Milanovic, expert on global income inequality.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/income-inequality-book-launch-moderated-by-branko-milanovic/
LIS is pleased to welcome the arrival of Hicham Ait Mansour, a Fulbright Scholar. Hicham is a Sociology PhD Candidate at Mohamed V University in Rabat, Morocco. During his time with LIS, Hicham will be working on his PhD dissertation on child poverty in Morocco; his study uses a multidimensional approach. In partnership with the […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/news/the-lis-center-in-new-york-welcomes-hicham-ait-mansour/
The entire Swedish series has been revised to make occupational classification variables more consistent over time. In addition, a few minor revisions were made to some demographic variables.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/swedish-series-revised/
A new dataset from France has been added to the LIS Database, FR78 (Wave I). The dataset is from the Family Budget Survey and is provided by the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). In addition, the entire French series has been revised to make education variables more consistent over time. Note: Revisions were […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/france-1978-added-to-lis-database/
Two new datasets from Slovenia, SI07 (Wave VII) and SI10 (WaveVIII), have been added to the LIS Database. The datasets are from the Household Budget Survey and are provided by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. In addition, SI04 (Wave VI) has been revised.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/slovenia-2007-2010-added-to-lis-database/
A new dataset from Israel, IL10 (Wave VIII), has been added to the LIS Database. The dataset is from the Household Expenditure Survey and is provided by the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. It was harmonized with the support of the National Insurance Institute of Israel. In addition, the entire Israeli series has been revised […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/israel-2010-added-to-lis-database/
Three new datasets from Russia have been added to the LIS Database, RU04 (Wave VI), RU07 (Wave VII), and RU10 (Wave VIII). The datasets are originally from the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey-Higher School of Economics (RLMS-HSE) and are provided by The Carolina Population Center at UNC-Chapel Hill. In addition, RU00 (Wave V) has been revised.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/russia-2004-2007-2010-added-to-lis-database/
LIS Director Janet Gornick gave a presentation at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting in August. Her presentation highlighted LIS’ harmonisation process, access to the LIS databases, and examples of research using LIS and LWS data. The session, organized by Patricia White of the US National Science Foundation (NSF), presented four prominent data sources that […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/news/american-sociological-association-session-features-presentation-about-lis/