To celebrate its 20th anniversary,
LIS organized an International Conference on July 15, 2003

 

Twenty Years of Research on Income Inequality, Poverty and Fiscal Redistribution in the Developed World:

What have we learned and what are the future challenges

 

cosponsored with

Papers have been published in a  Special Issue of

Socio-Economic Review
 (Volume 2, Number 2, 2004)

 "Twenty Years of Research on Income Inequality, Poverty and Distribution in the Developed World"

Guest Edited by Timothy Smeeding




This issue contains a summary and overview of 20 years of research using the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) to investigate the topics of inequality, poverty, family income packages, labor market change, and especially the effects of social policy on these outcomes. It also includes four original contributions to these literatures.

Featured authors include:

  • Serge Allegrezza, Georges Heinrich and David Jesuit
     Poverty and Income Inequality in Luxembourg and the Grande Région in Comparative Perspective
     
  • Sir Anthony Atkinson
    The Luxembourg Income Study: Past, Present and Future
     
  • Elena Bardasi
     The Luxembourg Income Study and the Luxembourg Employment Study as Resources for Labour Market Research
     
  • Michael Förster and Koen Vleminckx
     International Comparisons of Income Inequality and Poverty: Findings from the Luxembourg Income Study
     
  • Libertad González
     Single Mothers and Work
     
  • Janet C. Gornick
     Women’s Economic Outcomes, Gender Inequality and Public Policy: Findings from the Luxembourg Income Study
     
  • Timothy Smeeding
     Introduction and Overview
     
  • Erin Todd Bronchetti and Dennis Sullivan
     Income Packages of Households with Children: A Cross-national Correlation Analysis

    Visit the Socio-Economic Review website for a full table of contents, article abstracts and ordering information (www.ser.oupjournals.org)