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

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  • Fitzenberger, Bernd
  • Seidlitz, Arnim

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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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  • Fitzenberger, Bernd & Seidlitz, Arnim, 2019. "The 2011 break in the part-time indicator and the evolution of wage inequality in Germany," ZEW Discussion Papers 19-029, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
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    Keywords

    Part-time indicator; SIAB7514; Wage Inequality; Germany;
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    JEL classification:

    • J60 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - General
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • C80 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - General

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