Luxembourg Income Study

这项申请寻求ESRC为LIS(前身为卢森堡收入研究)提供持续的财政支持，LIS是一家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，其主要目的是能够对社会经济成果及其决定因素进行跨国家、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70个国家。从多个国家获取、协调和记录不同的数据集是一项劳动密集型工作，需要10名或更多全职工作人员。为了避免不得不向个人用户收取费用，LIS正在寻求资金支持，以便能够继续为研究人员提供获取高质量数据的途径。这项申请寻求ESRC的支持，以帮助支付LIS的基本运营成本，这些成本主要包括员工工资和计算机设备。LIS机构拥有两个数据库-卢森堡收入研究(LIS)和卢森堡财富研究(LWS)。LIS数据集包括个人和家庭级别的收入、就业和人口变量。自LIS成立以来，来自世界各地的4300名研究人员使用LIS数据集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、家庭形成--当与其他数据集结合时--儿童福祉、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投资组合、资产水平以及家庭收入和财富之间的相互作用。由于保密原因，LIS和LWS中包含的微数据不能直接获取，也不能从LIS在卢森堡的办事处删除。因此，只有注册用户才能通过电子邮件向远程执行系统LISSY查询微数据，LISSY是系统特定的作业提交界面。用户发送程序并接收统计摘要，作为其请求的最终产品。LIS是一种独特的资源，其主要功能是通过提供受控的公共访问家庭数据来促进研究。LIS是现存的唯一包括收入、财富和劳动力市场数据的数据档案，它涵盖了不同地理区域和不同收入水平的一段时间和一个地点的数据。LIS还通过其在线学习材料、用户支持人员和培训研讨会，为LIS和LWS研究人员提供高水平的用户支持和实践帮助。LIS长期以来也一直是研究人员和实践者交流研究想法、结果和方法的场所。这些交流通过广泛使用的工作论文系列、访问学者计划、博士后和博士后职位、年度研讨会、会议和虚拟场所进行。参与国为高收入和中等收入国家。LIS将继续增长，纳入更多中等收入国家的数据集，从而在收入、人口和劳动力市场研究方面提供更多的比较机会。此外，LWS将继续发展和壮大，增加更多的国家和年份，从而促进与财富相关的新的和扩展的研究线。英国是LIS和LWS的最初参与者之一。三十年来，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。自LIS成立以来，英国的研究人员对微观数据提出了质疑；使用LIS数据制作了出版物、政府报告和工作论文；参加了夏季研讨会；参加了访问学者计划；为研究会议和会议卷做出了贡献；并就LIS的活动和产品提供了宝贵的智力指导和指导(姓名可根据要求提供)。

This application seeks continued financial support from the ESRC for LIS (formerly the Luxembourg Income Study), 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 70 countries including the UK. The work of acquiring, harmonising and documenting diverse datasets from multiple countries is labour intensive, requiring 10 or more full-time staff. 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, the institution, houses two databases - the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) and the Luxembourg Wealth Study (LWS). LIS datasets include income, employment, and demographic variables at the person- and household-level. Since its founding, LIS datasets have been used by 4,300 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 - and when combined with other datasets - child-wellbeing, health status, immigration, political behavior and public opinion. The newer LWS datasets enable research on wealth portfolios, asset levels, and the interplay between household income and wealth. The microdata contained in LIS and LWS are not accessible directly for reasons of confidentiality, and cannot be removed from the LIS office in Luxembourg. Therefore, only registered users may query the microdata via email to the remote-execution system, LISSY, a system-specific job submission interface. The users send programs and receive statistical summaries as the end product of their request. LIS is a unique resource, whose primary function is to facilitate research by providing controlled public access to household data. LIS is the only data archive in existence that includes income, wealth and labour market data, over time and in one place from such diverse geographic regions and at such varied income levels. LIS also provides a high level of user support and hands-on assistance to LIS and LWS researchers - through its online learning materials, user-support staff, and training workshops. 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, the Visiting Scholar program, pre- and postdoctoral postings, annual workshops, conferences, and virtual venues. 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 opportunities in income, demographic, and labour market research. Additionally, LWS will continue to develop and grow, adding more countries and years, and thus facilitating new and expanded lines of research related to wealth. The UK was one of the initial participants in both LIS and LWS. Individuals and organisations in the UK have been actively engaged with LIS for three decades, providing data, contributing financing and serving as board members. Since LIS' inception, 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' activities and products (names available upon request).