One new dataset from Slovenia, SI12 (Wave IX), has been added to the LIS Database The dataset is from the 2012 wave of Household Budget Survey (HBS), which is carried out by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. In addition to releasing the Wave IX dataset, the Slovenian datasets from the previous two […]
We have updated the LIS / New York Times Income Distribution Database that we added to the LIS website in April 2014. This database, which contains detailed information on the distribution and growth of household income across countries, has been updated to include later microdata and to change from 2005 to 2011 PPPs. We have […]
Today, LIS is taking an exciting step forward by introducing an expanded and updated version of the Luxembourg Wealth Study (LWS) Database. Launched in 2007 as a pilot project, the LWS Database has provided opportunities for research on wealth and debt. In the intervening nine years, LIS has contributed to, and gained from, networks of […]
We are delighted to inform our users that we have added one new dataset from United Kingdom, UK13 (Wave IX), to the LIS Database. The dataset is from the 2013-14 wave of Family Resources Survey (FRS), which serves as input for the British component of the EU Survey of Income and Living Conditions – SILC. […]
Today, the Guardian launched a two-week series, on the worrisome economic status of “Generation Y” (those born between 1980 and the mid-1990s) in eight affluent countries: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK and US. The main data source was our Luxembourg Income Study Database. We look forward to future collaborations with the Guardian – […]
We are delighted to inform our users that we have added one new dataset from India, IN11 (Wave VIII), to the LIS Database. The dataset is from the 2011 India Human Development Survey (IHDS), was jointly organized by researchers from the University of Maryland (in the US) and the National Council of Applied Economic Research […]
We are delighted to announce that we have acquired, for the first time, microdata from the Dominican Republic. As of today, one dataset, DO07 (Wave VII), is available in the LIS Database. The dataset is from the 2006-2007 wave of the National Household Income and Expenditure Survey / Encuesta Nacional de Ingresos y Gastos de […]
We are thrilled to announce another addition to the LIS Database: one new dataset from Colombia, CO13 (Wave IX). The dataset is from the January 2014 wave of the Great Integrated Household Survey / Gran Encuesta Integrada de Hogares (GEIH), carried out by the National Administrative Department of Statistics / Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística […]
We are delighted to inform our users that we have added one new dataset from Taiwan, TW13 (Wave IX), to the LIS Database. The dataset is from the 2013 wave of the Survey of Family Income and Expenditure, carried out by the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS). In addition, all 9 previous LIS […]
We are pleased to announce that we have added a new dataset from Spain, ES13 (Wave IX), to the LIS Database. The dataset is from the 2014 wave of the Living Conditions Survey (LCS) / Encuesta de Condiciones de Vida (ECV), which serves as input for the Spanish component of the EU Survey of Income […]