GC’s Stone Center Launches New Postdoctoral Scholars Program on Socio-Economic Inequality
The James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation awarded a gift of $1.2 million to the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
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Call for papers – “Why inequality differs so much across countries?”
The 2019 edition of the annual Research on Economic Inequality series has special interest in the question “Why inequality differs so much across countries?”
ECSR Thematic Workshop “Wealth Inequality and Mobility”
Two-day workshop organized by the Institute for Research on Socio-Economic Inequality (IRSEI) at the University of Luxembourg (in partnership with LIS/LWS)
Book on Wealth and Homeownership
In almost every country, wealth is predominantly constituted by housing equity, but what are the possible risks and how does wealth accumulation vary across countries?
JID special issue from the 2017 LIS/LWS user conference
Special Issue Comparative wealth and income research edited by Daniele Checchi and Janet Gornick is now available online
New complementary database: Routine Task Intensity and Offshorability for the LIS
This database allows LIS users to retrieve very detailed and standardized occupation categories, following the international two-digit coding of the ISCO-88 standard
Workshop on “Harmonization of Household Surveys, Fiscal Data and National Accounts” at the Paris School of Economics
The workshop explored methods aimed at adjusting the top of income and wealth distributions
Research Agreement with the Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD)
Research collaboration signed between AFD and LIS
LIS signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Economic Research Forum (ERF)
In our quest to establish closer collaboration with regional and international organizations, LIS has signed a MOU with ERF
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The Oxford’s Nuffield College and the London School of Economics honored the outstanding work and life of former LIS President Sir Tony Atkinson