Different Household Types Patterns and Living Arrangements for Single Parents across Selected Countries
Using data from 13 countries in the LWS Database, this article highlights disparities in wealth across household types and education systems.
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Explore New Interactive Data Tools on LIS Website: LIS in Our World in Data (OWID)
LIS is pleased to announce a collaboration with Our World in Data (OWID), integrating comprehensive inequality and poverty indicators into the LIS website!
Registration for the 2nd III/LIS Comparative Economic Inequality Conference 2025 is Now Open!
You can now register to attend the “2nd III/LIS Comparative Economic Inequality Conference”
Exciting News: Enhanced LIS Template with Improved Identification of Family Structures and Other New Features
We are thrilled to announce the release of a new 2024 LIS template!
Call for applications: Eighteenth Winter School on Inequality and Social Welfare Theory (IT18), 7-10 January 2025
Registration is now open for the 18th Winter School on Inequality and Social Welfare Theory.
5th (LIS)2ER workshop on Policies to Fight Inequality “Fighting poverty: measurement and policy challenges”- 11-13 December 2024
We are happy to announce the upcoming (LIS)2ER workshop “Fighting poverty: measurement and policy challenges”- December 11-13 2024.
Scheduled LISSY System Maintenance – October 21, 2024, 17:00-19:00 (CET Time)
Scheduled LISSY System Maintenance
LIS Congratulates Daron Acemoglu on Nobel Prize for Research on Institutions and Economic Development
LIS congratulates Professors Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson on this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics.
Safety Net or Sieve: The Coverage of Minimum Income Schemes and the New Social Risks
Using micro-data from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) Database for 17 European countries, this article explores the recipiency of last resort means-tested income support.
The Geography of Inequality in Egypt: Decomposition Analysis and Regional Trends over 1999-2017
Using the Egyptian ERFLIS data, this article further dissects the national inequality levels by breaking them down to the regional level.