The 2011 break in the part-time indicator and the evolution of wage inequality in Germany

Bernd Fitzenberger () and Arnim Seidlitz
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Bernd Fitzenberger: IAB, Humboldt University Berlin, IFS, CESifo, IZA, ROA
Arnim Seidlitz: Humboldt University Berlin

Journal for Labour Market Research, 2020, vol. 54, issue 1, 1-14

Abstract: Abstract German social security records involve an indicator for part-time or full-time work. In 2011, the reporting procedure was changed suggesting that a fraction of worker recorded to be working full-time before the change were in fact part-time workers. This study develops a correction based on estimating the probability of being a part-time worker before and after the break. Using the correction, the paper confirms that the rise in wage inequality among full-time workers in West Germany until 2010 is not a spurious consequence of the misreporting of working time.

Keywords: Part-time indicator; SIAB7514; Wage inequality; Germany (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C80 J31 J60 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1186/s12651-019-0265-0

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