The LIS/LES Project: Overview and Recent Developments

Timothy Smeeding ()

No 294, LIS Working papers from LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg

Abstract: The Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) project is one of the oldest and best-known examples of crossnational social science infrastructure. Some 25 nations and 20 sponsors team together to provide internet accessible, privacy-protected, household income microdata to over 400 users in 30 nations. The project is financed by annual contributions by 16 nations National Science Foundations and/or National Statistical Offices. One of the most crucial pieces of the LIS structure is the source and type of data that it offers to its users. This paper describes these data, both for income (LIS) and labor force data (LES), where they are obtained, harmonized, and made available. It presents a critical discussion of where the project is today and where and how international data collection efforts can improve upon both the quality of income data and its dissemination to qualified researchers. The paper also explains the benefits to countries such as Japan for joining the LIS project.

Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2002-01
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Published in The Journal of Population and Social Security (Web Journal) 11(March). http://www.ipss.go.jp/English/WebJournal.files/SocialSecurity/2002/02mar/Smeeding.pdf

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