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: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg
Arnim Seidlitz: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg

No 12529, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

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: wage inequality; SIAB7514; part-time indicator; Germany (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C80 J31 J60 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2019-08
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Published - published in: Journal for Labour Market Research, 2020, 54, 1(2020)

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