U.S. Participation in the Development of a Transnational Database: The Luxembourg Income Study, 2010-2014

成立于1983年的卢森堡收入研究(LIS)是一个独特的跨国家数据档案和研究中心，通过提供对家庭微观数据的访问来促进初步研究。LIS是一个由多个国家组成的联盟，由一个国际理事会管理，为国际研究人员社区提供服务。LIS有四个长期目标：1)统一来自多个国家的微观数据集，其中包括收入、财富、就业和人口数据；2)提供一种安全的方法，允许访问有隐私限制的数据；3)创建一个远程访问系统，以便能够在非现场地点进行研究；以及4)促进在全球一级利用微观数据进行关于社会和经济福祉的比较研究，在现场开展研究，并利用LIS数据赞助和接待学者。一个新的目标：包括来自地理和经济上不同国家的数据集，以便扩大使用家庭微观数据进行智力调查的基础。LIS有两个数据库：卢森堡收入研究(LIS)数据库和卢森堡财富研究(LWS)数据库。LIS人员从全球各国获取、协调和记录不同的数据集。LIS数据集包括个人和家庭级别的收入、就业和人口统计变量。LIS数据库现在包括来自36个国家的微观数据，包含从1968年到2006年的近200个数据集。较新的LWS数据库(2007年12月推出)包含来自10个国家的15个财富数据集，涵盖1994至2004年。定期添加LIS和LWS的新数据集。LIS准备了两套标准化的国家指标：一套是关于家庭不平等和贫困的指标，另一套是关于妇女-S经济成果的指标；这两套指标都可以在LIS的网站www.lisproject上公开获得。此外，一种新的在线制表工具(WebTab)使LIS数据可供大量不太面向技术的用户使用。关于确定收入和财富水平和分配的基本调查、统一进程和国别机构，有大量文件可供查阅。LIS提供在线教学材料、广泛的用户支持和年度培训研讨会。LIS是研究人员交流思想、结果和方法的场所；这些交流通过工作论文系列、访问学者计划以及LIS定期主办的许多会议进行。为了促进学术上的卓越，LIS主办了两个研究奖项。LIS维护着现存的唯一数据档案，其中包括收入、财富和劳动力市场的微观数据，这些数据跨越数十年，来自不同的地理区域。LIS数据集促进了关于经济和社会政策及其对结果的影响的研究，包括贫困、收入不平等、就业状况、工资模式、性别不平等和家庭结构。LWS数据集可以研究财富组合、资产水平以及家庭收入和财富之间的相互作用。丽丝？数据使用者交叉了几个学科(例如经济学、社会学、政治学、政策研究)，并采用了广泛的统计方法和方法。LIS预计，随着其地理和经济扩张的展开，人们对LIS的兴趣和更广泛的应用将会增加。更广泛的影响自从LIS成立以来，成千上万的研究人员访问了微数据；制作了工作论文、政府报告、期刊文章和书籍；参加了研讨会；作为访问学者参加了会议；为研究会议做出了贡献；并提供了关于LIS的宝贵智力指导？活动和产品。全世界有数百名活跃的LIS注册用户；美国人约占用户的三分之一，产生了对档案的大约三分之一的统计查询。LIS已经开始了一项重大的扩张，这将影响到潜在的研究举措，并影响到本组织的几乎所有方面：LIS计划在未来3-5年内从15-20个新的中等收入国家获得数据集并将其统一到LIS中，将参与LWS的国家数量增加一倍，扩大其研究能力，进一步开展合作，并扩大其国际知名度。

SES-0960763Janet GornickCUNY Graduate SchoolFounded in 1983, the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) is a unique, cross-national data archive and research center which fosters primary research by providing access to household microdata. LIS operates as a consortium of countries, governed by an international board, and serving an international community of researchers. LIS has four, longstanding goals: 1) harmonize microdatasets, from multiple countries, which include data on income, wealth, employment and demography; 2) provide a secure method that allows access to data with privacy restrictions; 3) create a remote-access system to enable research conducted from off-site locations; and 4) promote the use of microdata in comparative research on social and economic wellbeing on a global level, conduct research onsite, and sponsor and host scholars using the LIS data. A new goal: include datasets from geographically and economically diverse countries in order to broaden the basis for intellectual inquiry using household microdata. LIS houses two databases: the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) Database and the Luxembourg Wealth Study (LWS) Database. LIS personnel acquire, harmonize and document diverse datasets from countries around the globe. The LIS datasets include income, employment, and demographic variables at the person- and household-level. The LIS database now includes microdata from 36 countries and contains nearly 200 datasets spanning the years 1968 to 2006. The newer LWS database (launched December 2007) contains 15 wealth datasets from 10 countries and covers the period 1994 to 2004. New datasets for LIS and LWS are added regularly. LIS prepares two sets of standardized national indicators: one on household inequality and poverty and one on women?s economic outcomes; both are publicly available on the LIS website, www.lisproject.org. In addition, a new online table-maker (the WebTab) makes the LIS data available to a large, less technically oriented population of users. Extensive documentation is available on the underlying surveys, the harmonization process, and the country-specific institutions that shape income and wealth levels and distributions. LIS provides online instructional materials, extensive user support, and annual training workshops. LIS is a venue for researchers to exchange ideas, results, and methods; these exchanges take place through the Working Paper series, the Visiting Scholar program, and the many conferences that are regularly sponsored by LIS. To promote excellence in scholarship, LIS hosts two research awards. LIS maintains the only data archive in existence that includes income, wealth and labor market microdata, spanning decades and from diverse geographic regions. The LIS datasets foster research on economic and social policies and their effects on outcomes including poverty, income inequality, employment status, wage patterns, gender inequality, and family structure. The LWS datasets enable research on wealth portfolios, asset levels, and the interplay between household income and wealth. LIS? data users cross-cut several disciplines (e.g., economics, sociology, political science, policy studies) and employ a wide range of statistical approaches and methods. LIS anticipates increased interest in and broader applications of LIS as its geographic and economic expansion unfolds. Broader impactSince LIS' inception, thousands of researchers have accessed the microdata; produced Working Papers, government reports, journal articles and books; attended workshops; participated as Visiting Scholars; contributed to research conferences; and provided invaluable intellectual guidance regarding LIS? activities and products. There are hundreds of active registered LIS users worldwide; Americans make up about one-third of users and generate approximately one-third of statistical queries to the archive. LIS has embarked on a substantial expansion that will influence potential research initiatives and affect almost every aspect of the organization: LIS plans to acquire and harmonize, into LIS, datasets from 15-20 new middle-income countries over the next 3-5 years, double the number of countries participating in LWS, expand its research capacity, further its collaborations, and broaden its public profile internationally.