StatCan Webinar: Introductory Session on the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) Databases with Practical Exercises

This webinar, organized in partnership with the LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg, will provide an introduction to the use of the structured LIS database for the study of income concepts. This session will also demonstrate how to access and analyze data through the LIS Remote-Execution System “LISSY” with hands-on exercises using Stata to produce descriptive statistics and indicators.

Key topics include:

• Overview of the LIS database, including geographic and temporal coverage and variable content
• Selection of welfare measures in LIS database
• Accessing LIS data via the LIS Remote-Execution System, “LISSY”
• Practical exercises using Stata with LISSY to conduct basic statistical analysis
  • Producing basic descriptive statistics
  • Producing inequality and poverty measures

Speaker: Heba Omar, Assistant Director of Operations, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg

To register for the English webinar, please fill out the following form:

• Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 10:00am – 11:30am PT / 11:00am – 12:30pm MT / 12:00pm – 1:30pm CT / 1:00pm – 2:30pm ET / 2:00pm – 3:30pm AT

To register for the French webinar, please fill out the following form:

• Friday, November 14, 2025, 6:30am – 8:00am PT / 7:30am – 9:00am MT / 8:30am – 10:00am CT / 9:30am – 11:00am ET / 10:30am – 12:00pm AT

Please Note: Registrations will close for the English session on October 15th, 2025, and for the French session on October 22nd, 2025.