LIS Cross-National Data Center Data

Summary

LIS (which was formerly known as The Luxembourg Income Study) is a data archive and research center dedicated to cross-national analysis and is home to two databases:

• The Luxembourg Income Study Database (LIS) is the largest available income database of microdata collected from about 50 countries in Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Australasia spanning five decades.
• The Luxembourg Wealth Study Database (LWS), is the only cross-national wealth microdatabase in existence.

Tables In IFs

Variable	Definition	Ext Source Def	Last IFs Update	Name in Source	UsedInPreprocessor
PovLineMedConLIS	Median annual per capita consumption in 2011$ PPP	Data derived from LIS consumption based survey	10/13/2021	Median annual per capita consumption in 2011$ PPP	0
PovLineMedIncLIS	Median annual per capita income in 2011$ PPP	Data derived from LIS income based survey	10/13/2021	Median annual per capita income in 2011$ PPP	0

Data Pulling Instructions

1. Go to https://www.lisdatacenter.org/our-data/lis-database/