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/
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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/
LIS is seeking a permanent Microdata Expert. See job posting for more information.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/lis-is-hiring/
LIS has acquired datasets from five new countries. Our acquisition of datasets from the Dominican Republic, Panama, and Paraguay will expand LIS’ collection of Latin American datasets to ten. We are also pleased to announce that we have acquired datasets from Serbia and Egypt. These five datasets will be added to Wave VII of the […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/five-new-countries-for-the-lis-database/
The Board, Directors, and staff of LIS mourn the untimely death of Joachim Frick, on 16 December 2011. Joachim was our longtime friend, colleague, and supporter, and a member of our Executive Committee. We cherished his commitment to data sharing, research, teaching, mentoring, project building, and international collaboration. We will forever miss his wise advice, […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/joachim-frick/
Registration for access to the LIS and LWS Databases corresponds to the calendar year, and is renewable on an annual basis. You may renew for 2012, starting on 1 January 2012. To renew your access, please complete the brief renewal process . Your renewal will be effective the same day. If you are subject to […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/lis-and-lws-database-registration-renewal-for-2012/
We are delighted to announce the redesign of the entire LIS Database using a unique standard template to increase both the user-friendliness of the microdata and the comparability across datasets. For more information, see New LIS Data Template. We will continue to make available the earlier versions of these datasets for those users who wish […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/new-lis-data-template/
The LIS Board, Directors, and staff welcome Sir Tony Atkinson as the next President of LIS’ Board of Directors. Professor Atkinson, an economist at Oxford University, was officially voted in on July 1, 2011, at LIS’ biennial Board Meeting in Luxembourg. He will take office on January 1, 2012. Professor Atkinson succeeds Professor Robert Erikson, […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/robert-erikson-to-retire-as-board-president-of-lis-sir-tony-atkinson-voted-in-as-his-successor/
LIS is delighted to have gained access to a dataset from Chile. This expands LIS’ collection of datasets from Latin America to reach a total of seven: Mexico (which was added in Wave II); Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Peru and Uruguay (added as of Wave VI); and now Chile (to be added to Wave VII).
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/expansion-into-latin-america-continues-chilean-dataset-acquired/