LIS Virtual Summer Workshop 2021 – Applications are Now Open!
Applications for LIS Virtual Summer Workshop 2021 are Now Open!
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Postdoctoral and PhD positions in Political Science and Related Social Science Fields: Project on the Politics of Inequality & Housing
Interested in the ways in which housing policy and housing markets drive inequalities across key societal groups within and across countries? The PROPEL project is recruiting Postdoctoral and PhD positions
Announcement – LIS New Director Appointed!
LIS welcomes Professor Peter Lanjouw as the new LIS Director!
Inequality Reduction in four Advanced Countries from 2000 to the late 2010s
In this article, Munzi and Neugschwender take a closer look at changes in the income distribution from 2000 to the late 2010s in Canada, Germany, the UK, and the US.
Financial Information and Investment Decisions: Some Stylized Facts from the United States using the Luxembourg Wealth Study Database
This brief writing aims to examine the sources of information utilized by households for investing decisions.
Release of a New Book; Inequality in the developing world, edited by Gradín, Leibbrandt, and Tarp
LIS is delighted to announce the publication of the book “Inequality in the Developing World” by Oxford University Press.
Video recordings for the first (LIS)2ER workshop: “The Distributional Effects of Higher-Education Expansion” are now available!
Video recordings for the first (LIS)2ER workshop “The Distributional Effects of Higher-Education Expansion” are now available!
Globalization and Economic Redistribution in Central and Eastern Europe Thirty Years after the Transition
In this article, the author discusses how is globalization shaping economic redistribution in Central and Eastern Europe thirty years after the start of the post-communist transition.
(LIS)2ER workshop: “The Distributional Effects of Higher-Education Expansion”
This article summarizes the different papers presented during the virtual workshop on “The Distributional Effects of Higher Education Expansion”.
Taxation of Families and ‘Families of Taxation’? Inequality Modification Between Family Types Across Welfare States
By using Theil indices, Manuel Schechtl examines income inequality between the six most prevalent family types before and after income taxation across welfare states.