Online Tutorial Series

LIS is happy to announce the launch of its online tutorial series,
this series includes video recordings covering the following topics:

Introductory sessions on the LIS/LWS Databases

Introduction to the LIS Databases
LIS/LWS: Main Concepts of Socio-demographics
LIS/LWS: Main Concepts of Labour Market
Main Income Concepts
Major Economic Aggregates
Luxembourg Wealth Study (LWS) Database : structure of datasets

How to work with LIS MetaData Information System (METIS)

Introducing METadata Information System (METIS)

How to get started with the LIS remote execution system (LISSY) – Basic

How to register to the LISSY system
Getting started with the LISSY system – part 1
Getting started with the LISSY system – part 2

How to get started with the LIS remote execution system (LISSY) – Advanced

How to easily select datasets & variables with Stata in LISSY: Using lissydata.ado & lissyuse.ado
How to use weights in Stata
Price deflators in LIS
Price deflators in LISSY using Stata
Creating R Outputs and Plots using LISSY

Advanced methods and hands-on applications on the usage of LIS/LWS Databases

Handling LWS Multiply Imputed Datasets
Using LWS Bootstrap Replication Weights
Equivalence Scales Sensitivity

Graphs Replication “LIS Data: A Resource for Inequality Research”

Introduction to Graphs Replication using the LISSY system
Country comparisons: Pre- & post-tax Gini
Countries dynamics comparisons: Pre-post tax Gini 1985-2018
Countries dynamic comparisons of income classes: The middle class between 1985-2018

Research showcases on the usage of LIS Databases

The Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) for Educational Research
Measuring the Inequality of Opportunity in More Periods Than Ever Before – Part 1
Measuring the Inequality of Opportunity in More Periods Than Ever Before – Part 2- using the LISSY system

2020 (LIS)²ER workshop: “The Distributional Effects of Higher-Education Expansion”

Introduction to 2020 (LIS)²ER workshop: “The Distributional Effects of Higher-Education Expansion” by Daniele Checchi, Petra Sauer & Philippe Van Kerm (LISER, LIS)
Educational Expansion and Crossnational Differences in Inequality: Lessons from Luxembourg Income Study by Petra Sauer (LISER, LIS)
Discussion on: Educational Expansion and Crossnational Differences in Inequality: Lessons from Luxembourg Income Study
Educational Inequality, Educational Expansion and Intergenerational Mobility by Jo Blanden (University of Surrey)
Discussion on: Educational Inequality, Educational Expansion and Intergenerational Mobility
The Global Value of an Education: Are Income Returns to Education Declining Worldwide?
by Louis Chauvel & Emily Murphy (University of Luxembourg)
Discussion on: The Global Value of an Education: Are Income Returns to Education Declining Worldwide?
Unpacking Rising Degree Requirements in the British Labour Market by Golo Henseke (UCL)
Discussion on: Unpacking Rising Degree Requirements in the British Labour Market
Educational Expansion and International Mobility of Students: The Case of Luxembourg
by Irina Gewinner and Frederik de Moll (University of Luxembourg)
Discussion on: Educational Expansion and International Mobility of Students: The Case of Luxembourg
The Impact of Partisan Politics on Student Social Rights by Krzysztof Czarnecki (Poznan University of Economics)
Discussion on: The Impact of Partisan Politics on Student Social Rights

2021 LIS Virtual Summer Workshop

Distribution regression & Inequality and poverty decomposition methods – Part 1 by Philippe Van Kerm
Distribution regression & Inequality and poverty decomposition methods – Part 2 by Philippe Van Kerm
Are there “sacrificed generations” today? Comparing Age-period-cohort models of income and wealth by Louis Chauvel
How extreme are extreme inequalities ? Joint income and wealth distributions in comparison by Louis Chauvel

2021 (LIS)²ER workshop: “Policies to fight inequality: The case of family policy”

Care policies in local settings: Municipal regulation and provision of care services by Mara Yerkes (Utrecht University)

Changing attitudes and childcare policy reforms in the Federal States of Germany by Agnes Blome (WZB Berlin)

Competing powers: what matters for the timing and duration of fathers’ parental leave by Merve Uzunalioglu (LISER, UCL)

Inequality in childcare use: What do we know and what do we need to know? by Wim Van Lancker (KU Leuven)

Economic inequality and the family policy research agenda: what role(s) for LIS? by Rense Nieuwenhuis (SOFI, Stockholm University)

Who should use the parental leave and do we know what it leads to? The case of Sweden by Ann-Zofie Duvander (Stockholm University)

Gendered labour market patterns across Europe: Does family policy mitigate feminisation of outsiders? by Hyojin Seo (KU Leuven)

Optional familialism in Germany: unintended consequences for social inequalities in work-care arrangements by Pia Schober (University of Tübingen)

Provision and prices of childcare and its impact on families by Christina Gathmann (LISER)