Authors: Janet C. Gornick, Markus Jäntti, Teresa Munzi, and Thierry Kruten
Publication: The Journal of Economic Inequality. vol. 13, no. 4. pp. 549-556
Date: December 2015
Introduction:
Professor Martin Ravallion (henceforth MR) has done LIS a great service by carefully reviewing elements of the LIS Database. He has identified several weaknesses in documentation, as well as practices that should be defined, defended, and explained, and, if found lacking, modified. MR allowed us to comment on drafts of his review and was responsive to our input; he also generously attributes several of what he deems questionable practices to LIS’ limited budget. Internally, at LIS’s, we are carefully assessing the contents of his review and will be addressing the shortcomings that he identifies in due course. We are – and our data users should be – grateful to MR for the scrutiny that he has provided.