In this article, the authors present a methodology to correct for under-reporting of financial assets in surveys.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/missing-wealth-distribution-wealth-inequality-and-anti-inequality-policies/
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On September 27-29, 2023, LIS and the Faculty of Management and Economics at the Gdańsk University of Technology held the conference "Income and Wealth Inequality: Drivers and Consequences"
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/conference-income-and-wealth-inequality-drivers-and-consequences/
LIS is happy to announce the addition of twenty-nine datasets to the LIS Database and six datasets to the LWS Database.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/2023-winter-data-splash/
LIS and LISER invite you for a hybrid session of the (LIS)^2ER Friday seminar
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/upcoming-seminar-on-in-search-of-a-paradox-of-redistribution-an-analysis-of-fiscal-redistribution-in-high-income-countries/
This article by Sebastian Will is emphasizing the huge role that homeownership plays in shaping wealth inequalities.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/wealth-inequalities-and-homeownership-two-perspectives/
The recent fiscal reforms in Romania led to a significant increase in gross wages.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/impact-of-the-2018-fiscal-reform-on-wage-income-in-romania/
The recent fiscal reforms in Lithuania led to a significant increase in gross wages.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/2019-labour-income-tax-reform-in-lithuania/
Josep Espasa Reig describes lissyrtools, a newly released R package developed at LIS.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/the-lissyrtools-r-package-v0-1-functions-for-computing-inequality-estimates-in-the-lissy-environment/
LIS is happy to announce the addition of twenty-seven datasets to the LIS Database and one dataset to the LWS Database.
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/2023-autumn-data-splash/
The US21 dataset, that was added to the LIS Database on the 14th of June, has been corrected, as the Economic Impact Payment (or Coronavirus stimulus payment) has been added. This has a major impact on poverty and inequality indicators. We strongly advise those who have carried out analyses on the US21 data to rerun […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/the-us21-dataset-has-been-corrected/