Poverty, Inequality, and Income Distribution in Comparative Perspective: The Luxembourg Income Study (LIS)

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The Luxembourg Income Study is a unique data base, to which any researcher can gain access, allowing cross-country comparisons using microdata at the individual and family level. Seven countries are at present in the data base. More are being added on a regular basis. This book describes the technical and methodological aspects of the LIS data base. It then uses LIS data to make cross-country comparisons of income distribution and redistribution, of income poverty, and of the relationship between age and income.


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The Luxembourg Income Study is a unique data base, to which any researcher can gain access, allowing cross-country comparisons using microdata at the individual and family level. Seven countries are at present in the data base. More are being added on a regular basis. This book describes the technical and methodological aspects of the LIS data base. It then uses LIS data to make cross-country comparisons of income distribution and redistribution, of income poverty, and of the relationship between age and income.


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