Accessing the Data
Accessing the LIS and LWS micro-data:
Registered users may work directly with the LIS and LWS micro-data, via the Luxembourg Income Study’s remote-access system, known as LISSY. LISSY permits data queries (in SPSS, STATA or SAS) to be processed quickly with results returned to users at remote locations. LISSY allows researchers to access the LIS and LWS data while respecting privacy restrictions required by the countries providing the micro-data.
User registration is quick: complete the registration form and submit it to the Luxembourg office of LIS. Registered users are required to renew their registration each year.
Accessing country-level indicators based on the LIS micro-data:
All visitors to the LIS website may view and download the LIS Key Figures
- The LIS Inequality and Poverty Key Figures include a variety of inequality measures (Gini coefficients, Atkinson coefficients and percentile ratios), relative poverty rates for various demographic groups, and equivalized median and mean disposable household income. These Key Figures are constructed for all datasets included in the LIS database.
- The LIS Gender Key Figures include a range of economic and employment outcomes by gender. Currently, these Key Figures exist only for LIS Wave V.
