The Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), now formally the LIS Cross-National Data Center, is a nonprofit organization registered in Luxembourg that produces a cross-national database of household income microdata for social science research. Started in 1983, the database has grown to include more than 300 datasets from roughly 50 high- and middle-income countries, some spanning more than three decades, most of it supplied by the participating countries' own national statistics agencies.
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The project started in 1983
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headquartered in Luxembourg
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LIS Cross-National Data Center, formerly known as the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), is a non-profit organization registered in Luxembourg which produces a cross-national database of micro-economic income data for social science research.
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