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
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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
LIS commissioned for UN Women flagship reports
LIS provides a background paper to UN Women’s Research & Data Section to feed into Progress of the World’s Women Report 2018, and Gender Equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2018.
Inequality Expert Miles Corak Joins the Stone Center
Miles Corak, professor of economics, appointed to the faculty of the Graduate Center of CUNY, effective January 2018.
New Wealth Research Project Launched
The Graduate Center Wealth Project, a research initiative based in the Stone Center, was officially launched this autumn.
Visiting scholars at LIS
LIS welcomed, through the InGRID-2 project, Ana Suárez Álvarez PhD student at the University of Oviedo.
The October 2017 IMF Fiscal Monitor has been published
Publication of IMF Fiscal Monitor, focusing on inequality issues, makes use of the LIS Database for its analyses
Stone Center, home to the US Office of LIS, welcomed the 2017 ECINEQ Meeting
The Seventh Meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ) took place at the CUNY Graduate Center, 17-19 July 2017