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

Bernd Fitzenberger and Arnim Seidlitz

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.

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Year of publication:	2020
Authors:	Fitzenberger, Bernd ; Seidlitz, Arnim
Published in:	Journal for labour market research. - Berlin : Springer, ISSN 2510-5027, ZDB-ID 2375725-5. - Vol. 54.2020, 1/1, p. 1-14
Subject:	Germany \| Part-time indicator \| SIAB7514 \| Wage inequality \| Deutschland \| Lohnstruktur \| Wage structure \| Teilzeitarbeit \| Part-time employment \| Schätzung \| Estimation \| Einkommensverteilung \| Income distribution \| Qualifikation \| Occupational qualification

Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.1186/s12651-019-0265-0 [DOI] hdl:10419/216689 [Handle]
Classification:	C80 - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs. General ; J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc ; J60 - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies. General
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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