The Luxembourg Income Study and the Luxembourg Employment Study as Resources for Labour Market Research

Posted: 29 Feb 2008

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Elena Bardasi

University of Essex - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

Date Written: MAY 2004

Abstract

This paper gives an overview of the main areas of labour market research to which the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) and the Luxembourg Employment Study (LES) projects have contributed and stresses how the characteristics of the two data-bases have allowed researchers to explore specific topics. Research results on income inequality and working time and on the relationship between low pay and poverty are reported as examples of original contributions made by LIS researchers to the respective fields. Finally, the results of a meta-analysis of journal articles on labour and population economics are used to determine which type of data labour economists use for empirical research and to formulate some suggestions for future developments of the LES database.

Keywords: comparative research, Luxembourg Income Study, Luxembourg Employment Study, labour force surveys, meta-analysis

JEL Classification: J00, B41

Suggested Citation

Bardasi, Elena, The Luxembourg Income Study and the Luxembourg Employment Study as Resources for Labour Market Research (MAY 2004). Socio-Economic Review, Vol. 2, pp. 239-261, 2004, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=811441

Elena Bardasi (Contact Author)

University of Essex - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) ( email )

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Colchester CO4 3SQ
United Kingdom

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