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Read Tony Atkinson’s Foreword to Our New Book
Jul 15, 2013 | News

Sir Tony Atkinson, President of the LIS Board, is a professor of economics at Oxford University and one of the world’s leading scholars on economic inequality. We are delighted that he was able to contribute to our new book, “Income Inequality: Economic Disparities and the Middle Class in Affluent Countries.” In addition to contributing a […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/read-tony-atkinsons-foreword-to-our-new-book/

2013 LIS Summer Workshop Completed
Jul 09, 2013 | News

This past Saturday marked the end of the 2013 LIS Summer Workshop. The workshop, which has been held annually since 1988, features a mix of lectures and hands-on laboratory sessions. This year, lectures were given by LIS Director Janet Gornick, Research Director Markus Jäntti, and members of the LIS staff. The week-long workshop introduced attendees to […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/2013-lis-summer-workshop-completed/

Holly Sutherland
Jul 09, 2013 | Lecture Series

Research Professor at the Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, and Director of EUROMOD, presented the 2013 LIS Summer Lecture:
Who Pays for Austerity? The Design and Distributional Effects of Fiscal Consolidation in the European Union.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/lecture-series/holly-sutherland/

Publication of New LIS Book, Edited by Janet C. Gornick and Markus Jäntti
Jun 21, 2013 | News

Income Inequality: Economic Disparities and the Middle Class in Affluent Countries Edited by Janet C. Gornick and Markus Jäntti Stanford University Press This state-of-the-art volume presents comparative, empirical research on a topic that has long preoccupied scholars, politicians, and everyday citizens: economic inequality. While income and wealth inequality across all populations is the primary focus, […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/published-book-edited-by-janet-c-gornick-and-markus-jantti/

Announcing New Book and LIS Technical Paper
Jun 19, 2013 | News

LIS is proud to announce a new book and an associated LIS Technical Paper. First, we mark the publication of a new book, Understanding Research Infrastructures in the Social Sciences, produced by FORS, the Swiss Foundation for Research in Social Sciences. The book features a collection of chapters that demonstrate how research infrastructures – including […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/announcing-new-book-and-lis-technical-paper/

Holly Sutherland to give 2013 Summer Lecture: “Who Pays for Austerity?…”
Jun 12, 2013 | News

Holly Sutherland, Research Professor at the Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, and Director of EUROMOD, will give the 2013 LIS Summer Lecture: “Who Pays for Austerity? The Design and Distributional Effects of Fiscal Consolidation in the European Union.” The public lecture will be on July 2, at the Neumünster Abbaye, in […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/news/holly-sutherland-to-give-2013-summer-lecture-%e2%80%9cwho-pays-for-austerity%e2%80%a6%e2%80%9d/

Luxembourg 2007 and 2010 Added to LIS Database; Luxembourg 2004 revised
May 30, 2013 | Highlight

LIS has added two new datasets from Luxembourg to the LIS Database: Luxembourg 2007 (Wave VII) and Luxembourg 2010 (Wave VIII). The datasets are based on the Panel socio-économique “Liewen zu Letzebuerg” (PSELL III) / Survey on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC), and are from CEPS/INSTEAD. At the same time, Luxembourg 2004 has been revised. […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/luxembourg-2007-and-2010-added-to-lis-database-luxembourg-2004-revised/

Ireland 2007 and 2010 Added to LIS Database; Ireland 2004 revised
May 30, 2013 | Highlight

LIS has added two new datasets from Ireland to the LIS Database: Ireland 2007 (Wave VII) and Ireland 2010 (Wave VIII). The datasets are based on the Survey on Income and Living Conditions / EU-SILC, and are from Ireland’s Central Statistics Office (CSO). At the same time, Ireland 2004 has been revised. For details, please […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/ireland-2007-and-2010-added-to-lis-database-ireland-2004-revised/

Tony Atkinson in conversation with Paul Krugman, moderated by Chrystia Freeland
May 20, 2013 | News

On May 20, 2013, LIS Board President Tony Atkinson and Paul Krugman engaged in a public conversation at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Professors Atkinson and Krugman – two of the world’s preeminent economists – discussed the complex links between inequality and economic growth, instability, and mobility. The conversation was […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/tony-atkinson-in-conversation-with-paul-krugman-mon-may-20-630pm-u-s-est/

Dataset Revisions: Greece 2007 and Greece 2010
Apr 25, 2013 | Highlight

LIS has revised the following datasets in the LIS Database: Greece 2007 and Greece 2010. For details, please check the List of Dataset Revisions.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/dataset-revisions-greece-2007-and-greece-2010/