Luxembourg Income Study 2020

该申请寻求ESRC对LIS的持续财政支持，LIS是一个跨国数据档案和研究机构。LIS是收入和财富数据的数据基础设施，其主要目的是对社会经济结果及其决定因素进行跨国、跨学科的初步研究。虽然LIS实际位于卢森堡，但LIS微数据的用户来自包括英国在内的约100个国家。获取和协调来自多个国家的不同数据集的工作是劳动密集型的；通过集中这项任务，LIS节省了研究人员进行比较分析的时间，避免了每次学者开始一个项目时重复这些任务；此外，由于其多年的专业知识，LIS可以确保用户的数据最好的可比性。为了避免向个人用户收取费用，LIS正在寻求财政支持，以便能够继续向研究人员提供高质量的数据。这项申请寻求ESRC的支持，以帮助支付LIS的基本业务费用，主要包括工作人员薪金和计算机设备。LIS包含卢森堡收入研究（LIS）数据库，其中包括收入数据，以及卢森堡财富研究（LWS）数据库，其重点是财富数据。自成立以来，来自世界各地的8000名研究人员使用LIS数据集来分析经济和社会政策及其对结果的影响，包括贫困、收入不平等、就业状况、工资模式、性别不平等、家庭组成、儿童福利、健康状况、移民、政治行为和公众舆论。较新的LWS数据集可以研究财富组合、资产水平以及家庭收入与财富之间的相互作用。根据检索和分析学术引文的“出版与消亡”软件，美国大学的赫希h指数在160以上，美国大学的h指数在55以上。LIS是一种独特的资源，不仅在于其提供的数据（它是现有的唯一一个包括收入、财富和劳动力市场微数据的数据档案，这些数据是在不同的地理区域和不同的收入水平的一个地方，随着时间的推移），而且还因为它是唯一一个通过安全远程执行系统提供访问机密微数据的档案。这使得世界各地成千上万的注册用户可以实时接收他们的统计查询日志（平均每年处理大约70,000个请求）。长期以来，LIS一直是研究人员和实践者交流研究思想、结果和方法的场所。这些交流是通过广泛访问的工作论文系列（目前包括840篇论文）、访问学者计划、博士前和博士后职位、年度研讨会和会议进行的。参与国包括高收入和中等收入国家。LIS将继续发展，纳入更多中等收入国家的数据集，从而提供更多的比较研究机会。此外，它现在正在寻求扩大其数据产品，增加数据可用性的频率，改进数据访问和元数据的工具。自上世纪80年代世行成立以来，英国一直在世行中扮演着重要角色，当时英国经济学家托尼•阿特金森（Tony Atkinson）为世行的建设和发展做出了根本性贡献（他后来成为世行董事会主席）。30多年来，英国的个人和组织一直积极参与LIS的工作，提供数据、提供资金并担任董事会成员。英国的研究人员对微观数据提出了质疑；利用LIS的数据制作刊物、政府报告和工作文件；参加暑期讲习班；参加访问学者项目；为研究会议和会议卷作出贡献；并为LIS的活动提供了宝贵的智力指导和方向

This application seeks continued financial support from the ESRC for LIS, a cross-national data archive and research institute. LIS is a data infrastructure of income and wealth data whose primary purpose is to enable cross-national, interdisciplinary primary research into socio-economic outcomes and their determinants. Whilst LIS is physically located in Luxembourg, users of the LIS microdata come from about 100 countries including the UK. The work of acquiring and harmonising diverse datasets from multiple countries is labour intensive; by centralising this task, LIS saves time for researchers carrying out comparative analyses, avoiding the repetition of these tasks every time a scholar starts a project; in addition, thanks to its expertise over many years, LIS can ensure users the best comparability of the data. In order to avoid having to charge individual user fees, LIS is seeking financial support to be able to continue providing researchers with access to high-quality data. This application seeks support from ESRC to help cover LIS' basic operating costs, which primarily consists of staff salaries and computer equipment. LIS contains the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) Database, which includes income data, and the Luxembourg Wealth Study (LWS) Database, which focuses on wealth data. Since its founding, LIS datasets have been used by 8,000 researchers from around the world to analyse economic and social policies and their effects on outcomes including poverty, income inequality, employment status, wage patterns, gender inequality, family formation, child-wellbeing, health status, immigration, political behaviour and public opinion. The newer LWS datasets enable research on wealth portfolios, asset levels, and the interplay between household income and wealth. According to the Publish and Perish software that retrieves and analyses academic citations, the Hirsch's h-index is above 160 for LIS and 55 for LWS.LIS is a unique resource not only with respect to the breath of its data offering (it is the only data archive in existence that includes income, wealth and labour market microdata, over time and in one place from such diverse geographic regions and at such varied income levels), but also because it is the only archive providing access to confidential microdata through a secure remote execution system, that allows thousands of registered users all over the world to receive the logs of their statistical queries in real time (an average of about 70,000 requests are processed every year). LIS has also long operated as a venue for researchers and practitioners to exchange research ideas, results, and methods. These exchanges take place through the widely accessed Working Paper Series (now including 840 papers), the Visiting Scholar program, pre- and postdoctoral postings, annual workshops and conferences.The participating countries are high-income and middle-income countries. LIS will continue to grow to include many more middle-income countries' datasets, enabling greater comparative research opportunities. Additionally, it is now seeking to expand its data offerings in terms of increased frequency of data availability, and improved tools for data access and meta data. The UK has always had an important role in LIS since its very inception in the 1980s, when British economist Tony Atkinson gave a fundamental contribution to its construction and development (he later become the president of its Board). Individuals and organisations in the UK have been actively engaged with LIS for over three decades, providing data, contributing financing and serving as board members. Researchers in the UK have queried the microdata; produced publications, government reports and working papers using the LIS data; attended summer workshops; participated in the Visiting Scholar program; contributed to research conferences and conference volumes; and provided invaluable intellectual guidance and direction regarding LIS' activit