LIS

LIS is a data archive & research center facilitating cross-national analyses. LIS is home to the Luxembourg Income Study & Luxembourg Wealth Study Databases.

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Compare. It is LIS’ NEW comparability tool! It aims to inform users of country-specific data comparability-related issues in a concise way. https://t.co/0QDoAzBnOK #harmonisation #visualization #documentation

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🤝 Co-organized by
LISER, LIS, and SHARE Luxembourg

Registration is free but required, please register until November 18.
🔗 More info & programme:
https://t.co/MmtewlR7bg

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📣 2025 (LIS)²ER–SHARE Joint Workshop #Pensions & Old-Age #WellBeing: Policy Challenges in #Ageing Societies 📅 27–28 Nov 2025 | 📍 #Luxembourg

Two days of research and discussion on ageing, health, retirement, and inequality, concluding with a policy roundtable.

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5 / Find all here in the combined pdf version: https://t.co/IEEk2Js1iR

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1/ The new issue of #InequalityMatters is out! 📊
It combines major LIS/LWS data updates with latest research on inequality.
https://t.co/IEEk2Js1iR

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4/ #InequalityMatters features three contributions:
🗒️Denys Orlov on savings, #financialliteracy & demographics in the UK
🗒️Chiara Mussida & Dario Sciulli on #inworkpoverty across 22 European countries
🗒️Jörg Neugschwender on household incomes in #Luxembourg & neighbours

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New Capitalism II:
Compositional vs income inequality
Are all class-based societies unequal?
https://t.co/vaL6jI8WB7

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Explore the full issue here: https://t.co/0pFlDfES2z
Subscribe to our mailing list here:
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"Occupational Assortative Mating and Gender Inequality in Earnings"
by Supriya Lakhtakia, Deepak Malghan, and Hema Swaminathan
https://t.co/FpMwYnn0yG

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"False Negatives? Earnings Underreporting, Tax Overreporting in Surveys Worldwide"
by Vladimir Hlasny
https://t.co/M40RV91XYp

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Updates to the LWS Database:
▶️ Mexico debuts in LWS with MX19
▶️ Spain: ES22
▶️ France: data revised and enriched

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📢 New Data & Research Insights!
--#InequalityMatters, Issue 34, June 2025 is out!--
https://t.co/0pFlDfFpS7

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Updates to the LIS Database:
▶️ Bulgaria joins LIS (BG07–BG22)
▶️ Iceland: data annualised (IS03–IS17)
▶️ Palestine: PS23
▶️ Poland: 3 new datasets (PL21–PL23)

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3/ 💰 Income Distribution Explorer
Dive into median incomes across countries and over time.
🔗 https://t.co/dALmPSUOYb

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🚨 New map features on @OurWorldInData! 🌍
OWID just rolled out upgrades to their data explorers—more intuitive, and easier to compare the LIS data.
https://t.co/d8SHp1PJV0

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2/ 📊 Inequality Explorer
Compare Gini coefficients across countries—how income is distributed after taxes.
🔗https://t.co/8P6ER2kQuk

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🔗 Try it now
📦https://t.co/bFOiGkeLZP
💬Feedback, issues, and ideas are welcome!
12/12

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🚨 Major release alert
We’re thrilled to launch lissyrtools v0.2.0 — our R package that makes working with LIS & LWS microdata simpler, faster, and clearer 📦
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🚀 Why use lissyrtools?
LIS/LWS data are powerful — but handling it can be complex.
lissyrtools helps researchers, students, and policymakers focus on insights, not infrastructure.
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