What is the Luxembourg Income Study?

The Luxembourg Income Study, known as LIS, is a non-profit micro-data archive and research institute. LIS, located in Luxembourg since 1983, serves a global community of researchers, educators and policy makers. LIS acquires datasets with income, wealth, employment, and demographic data from a large number of countries, harmonizes them to enable cross-national comparisons, and makes them available for public use by providing registered users with remote access. The LIS archive includes two primary databases, the Luxembourg Income Study Database, which focuses on income data, and the newer, smaller Luxembourg Wealth Study Database, which focuses on wealth data.   

What is the Luxembourg Income Study Center at the Graduate Center?

The Luxembourg Income Study Center (LIS Center) at the Graduate Center is a research, development and administrative satellite serving as the link between the CUNY Graduate Center community and the parent institute located in Luxembourg.

The Luxembourg Income Study and Luxembourg Income Study Center are both directed by Janet Gornick, Professor of Political Science and Sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.