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New York Times launches new site, The Upshot, with study based on LIS data
Apr 22, 2014 | Highlight

All of us at LIS are delighted that the New York Times (NYT) chose to launch their exciting new venture — The Upshot — with an extensive report, Losing the Lead, based on the LIS data. The Upshot, led by Pulitzer Prize winning economics journalist David Leonhardt, premiered today. The NYT report includes additional information […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/new-york-times-launches-new-site-the-upshot-with-study-based-on-lis-data/

[UPDATE] Video: Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Apr 11, 2014 | News

16 April 2014 The French economist Thomas Piketty (Paris School of Economics) will present a lecture on his new book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century. In this landmark work, Piketty argues that the main driver of inequality—the tendency of returns on capital to exceed the rate of economic growth—threatens to generate extreme inequalities that stir […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/capital-in-the-twenty-first-century-video/

Spain 1985 Added to LIS Database
Apr 03, 2014 | Highlight

A new dataset from Spain, ES85 (Wave II), has been added to the LIS Database. The dataset is from the Household Budget Continuous Survey and is provided by the National Statistical Institute. In addition, ES80 (Wave I) and ES90 (Wave III) have been revised for consistency.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/spain-1985-added-to-lis-database/

Taiwan 2007, 2010 Added to LIS Database
Apr 03, 2014 | Highlight

Two new datasets from Taiwan, TW07 (Wave VII) and TW10 (Wave VIII), have been added to the LIS Database. The datasets are from the Survey of Family Income and Expenditure (Taiwan area) and are provided by the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics. In addition, TW97, TW00, and TW05 (Waves IV – VI) have been […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/taiwan-2007-2010-added-to-lis-database/

Review of Income and Wealth, Co-Edited by Markus Jäntti
Mar 27, 2014 | News

The most recent issue of the Review of Income and Wealth is a special issue focusing on poverty, development, and behavioural economics. This issue was guest edited by Ravi Kanbur (Cornell University), Jukka Pirttilä (University of Tampere), and LIS Research Director, Markus Jäntti. The issue features the published version of “Income Inequality, Redistribution and Poverty: […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/news/review-of-income-and-wealth-co-edited-by-markus-jantti/

Paul Krugman to Join LIS Team
Feb 28, 2014 | News

Dear LIS Colleagues and Friends, It is with distinct pleasure that I am sharing exciting news from the LIS Center, our satellite office at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY). Noted American economist Paul Krugman, 2008 winner of the Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, and a keynote speaker at […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/paul-krugman-to-join-lis-team/

Mexico 2007, 2010 Added to LIS Database
Feb 27, 2014 | Highlight

Two new datasets from Mexico, MX07 (Wave VII) and MX10 (Wave VIII), have been added to the LIS Database. The datasets are from the Household Income and Expenditure Survey and are provided by the National Statistical Institute. In addition, MX94, MX96, MX98 MX00, MX02, and MX04 (Waves II – VI) have been revised for consistency.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/mexico-2007-2010-added-to-lis-database/

Canada 2010 Added to LIS Database
Feb 27, 2014 | Highlight

One new dataset from Canada, CA10 (Wave VIII), has been added to the LIS Database. The dataset is from the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics and are provided by Statistics Canada. In addition, CA07 (Wave VII) has been revised for consistency.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/canada-2010-added-to-lis-database/

LIS Seeks Associate Director
Feb 13, 2014 | News

Associate Director, LIS LIS, the cross-national data center in Luxembourg (formerly known as the Luxembourg Income Study), seeks applications for an Associate Director. The LIS Associate Director will collaborate with the LIS Director on a range of activities: establish LIS’ objectives/goals on ongoing basis lead and manage the organization oversee LIS’ senior onsite staff as […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/lis-seeks-associate-director/

Icelandic Data In-house!
Feb 11, 2014 | Highlight

We are delighted to announce that we have acquired, for the first time, microdata from Iceland.  We now have in-house three datasets based on Iceland’s SILC (Statistics on Income and Living Conditions), corresponding to Waves VI (2004), VII (2007), and VIII (2010).  We will announce their availability as soon as they are ready. We thank […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/icelandic-data-in-house/