Financial Literacy and Voluntary Savings in the United Kingdom
This article explores how the propensity to save for old age is associated with financial literacy and a range of socio-demographic characteristics.
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In-Work Poverty, Social Protection, and Labor Market Institutions in Europe
This article examines how social protection expenditure and labor market institutions affect the incidence of IWP across 22 European countries.
Who Thrives and Who Falls Behind? Household Income Differences in Luxembourg and its Neighbouring Countries
Using LIS data for Luxembourg, France, Germany, and Belgium, this contribution compares median incomes across household types.
Occupational Assortative Mating and Gender Inequality in Earnings
In this article, the authors explore occupational assortative mating and its implications for gender inequality in earnings.
Comparing Child Poverty Using the Luxembourg Income Study and Policy Recommendations
Using recent LIS data, this article conducts a comparative analysis of child poverty across countries.
False Negatives? Earnings Underreporting, Tax Overreporting in Surveys Worldwide
This article addresses the issue of earnings underreporting and tax overreporting in global household surveys
Major Update: lissyrtools R Package Version 0.2.0 Released
We are pleased to announce the release of lissyrtools version 0.2.0.
LIS Announces the 2025 Aldi Award Winners
Carlos J. Gil-Hernández, Pedro Salas-Rojo, Guillem Vidal-Lorda, and Davide Villani are the winners of the 2024 LIS Aldi Award
Invitation to the 2025 LIS Summer Lecture on “Social contagion, inequality and mobility”
LIS is happy to invite you to the 2025 Summer Lecture on “Social contagion, inequality and mobility” – Monday, June 30th 2025.
NEW LIS & LWS documentation: Contents of LIS and LWS flow variables and LWS assets and liabilities variables
LIS is publishing detailed content tables to provide clearer documentation of flow variables in the LIS/LWS Databases, and assets and liabilities variables in the LWS Database.