Beckmannshagen, Mattis; König, Johannes; Retter, Isabella - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 246 (2026) 1/2, pp. 5-34
Earnings are often top-coded (right-censored) in administrative registers. The censoring threshold in the case of Germany is the limit value for social security contributions, leading to a substantial fraction of censoring: For example, about 12% of male workers in West Germany are affected,...