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...

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...

In Deutschland ist in den letzten Jahrzehnten ein deutlicher Anstieg der Lohnungleichheit zu beobachten, der sich bis zum Beginn der 1990er Jahre auf den oberen Bereich der Lohnverteilung beschränkte und seitdem kontinuierlich sowohl im oberen als auch im unteren Bereich der Lohnverteilung...

This paper investigates the increase in wage inequality, the decline in collective bargaining, and the development of the gender wage gap in West Germany between 2001 and 2006. Based on detailed linked employer-employee data, we show that wage inequality is rising strongly ﾖ driven not only by...