LIS has added two new datasets from Spain to the LIS Database, Spain 2007 (Wave VII) and Spain 2010 (Wave VIII). The datasets are based on the European Union’s Survey of Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC), and are from the Spanish National Statistics Institute (INE).
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/spain-2007-and-2010-added-to-lis-database/
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LIS has added two new datasets from Italy to the LIS Database, Italy 2008 (Wave VII) and Italy 2010 (Wave VIII). The datasets are based on the Survey of Household Income and Wealth (SHIW), from the Bank of Italy.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/italy-2008-and-2010-datasets-added-to-lis-database/
LIS proudly announces the availability of the first Chinese dataset in the Luxembourg Income Study Database. Based on the Chinese Household Income Project (CHIP), from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), the 2002 dataset is included in Wave V of LIS.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/first-chinese-dataset-in-lis/
Professor of Economics at the Paris School of Economics, Thomas Piketty presented the 2012 Summer Lecture:
Wealth and Inheritance in the Long Run.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/lecture-series/thomas-picketty/
NEW self-teaching materials and sample files are now available. These resources – updated to correspond to the 2011 Template – will help new users to become acquainted with programming syntax for working with the LIS and LWS microdata provided through the LISSY system. They may also be helpful to experienced users. Take a look!
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/new-self-teaching-materials-now-available/
LIS is delighted to make available our first dataset from India. The 2004 India Human Development Survey (IHDS) has been added to Wave VI of the LIS Database. The IHDS was jointly organized by researchers from the University of Maryland (in the US) and the National Council of Applied Economic Research (in New Delhi). We […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/india-2004-added-to-the-lis-database/
LIS is delighted to announce the launch of Wave VIII of the LIS Database. LIS is now harmonising Wave VII (2007) and Wave VIII (2010) simultaneously. Check the LIS List of Datasets for up-to-date information about dataset availability. The first dataset in Wave VIII is the United States 2010, which is now available for use. […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/lis-wave-viii-opens-with-united-states-2010-dataset-us-0004-07-are-revised/
The 2007 Household Expenditure Survey for Israel is now available in LIS Wave VII.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/israel-2007-dataset-added-to-lis-wave-vii/
The 2007 Current Population Survey (CPS) for the United States is now available in Wave VII.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/united-states-2007-dataset-added-to-lis-wave-vii/
LIS is delighted to make available our first dataset from South Africa. The 2008 National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS), fielded by the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU) at the University of Cape Town, has been added to Wave VII of the LIS Database. We thank our board members from South Africa, Murray […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/south-africa-2008-dataset-added-to-lis-wave-vii/