Replication Data for The Myth of the Middle Class Squeeze: Employment and Income by Class in Six Western Countries, 1980-2020

This folder contains files to help you replicate the analyses from the study \"The Myth of the Middle Class Squeeze: Employment and Income by Class in Six Western Countries, 1980-2020\". The study uses data from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS, 2024). To access this data, you must request access to the LIS data by visiting this website: https://www.lisdatacenter.org/data-access/lissy/eligibility/. Once you have access, you can use the codes in this folder to analyze the data. The analysis was conducted in R, and all the packages used are included in the R scripts. Note: The LIS data are not directly accessible. Instead, researchers can access an online platform to submit their analysis codes. The platform then returns the results. You can't download or physically access the data, but you can still use the codes provided here to get the same results as the original study. The LIS regularly updates new modules and revises old ones. This project started in 2022 and, therefore, uses the selection of countries released in LIS in that year. The final execution of this set of modules was done in 2024. To ensure you get the same results, please select the modules in the code and run them on the 2024 release.