What does LIS stand for?

Luxembourg Income Study

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Over the past two decades, America has had the highest or near-highest poverty rates for children, individual adults and families among 31 developed countries, according to the Luxembourg Income Study, a 23-year project that compares poverty and income data from 31 industrial nations.

Many Americans are falling deeper into depths of poverty; Close Up

5) A previous version of this study has been published in 2002 as Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper No.

Income distribution and convergence in the transition process--a ...

Poverty, Inequality, and Income Distribution in Comparative Perspective: The Luxembourg Income Study.

Comparative economics: a reference guide

Smeeding "Doing Poorly: The Real Income of American Children in a Comparative Perspective," Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper (Syracuse, NY, 1995).

Economic and social conditions of children and the elderly

Last week a survey by the think-tank Luxembourg Income Study group found that Britain's poor are the third best-off in Europe.

Poverty trap sprung; Myth of the 25pc poor has been exploded, says ...

For example, the incomes of couples and/or households have continued to be aggregated by governments in studies such as the Household Labour Force Survey and in the research design of major international studies such as the Luxembourg Income Study.

IN SEARCH OF GENDER-SENSITIVE CONCEPTS AND MEASURES OF POVERTY, ...

13) The Luxembourg Income Study is a cooperative research project that draws together microdata from household surveys from numerous countries.

Part-time work and industry growth