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

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))

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Fitzenberger, B. & Seidlitz, A. (2020): The 2011 Break in the part-time indicator and the evolution of wage inequality in Germany. In: Journal for labour market research, Vol. 54, No. 1, p. 1-14. DOI:10.1186/s12651-019-0265-0