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, Germany ; Humboldt-Univ. ; IFS ; CESifo ; IZA ; ROA
Arnim Seidlitz: Humboldt-Univ.

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

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." (Author's abstract, © Springer-Verlag) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Stichprobe der Integrierten Arbeitsmarktbiografien (SIAB); IAB-Open-Access-Publikation; Beschäftigungsentwicklung; Indikatorenbildung; individuelle Arbeitszeit; Imputationsverfahren; Lohnunterschied; Reliabilität; Teilzeitarbeit; Arbeitsmarktforschung; Vollzeitarbeit; Arbeitszeiterfassung (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-01-02
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DOI: 10.1186/s12651-019-0265-0

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