The 2011 break in the part-time indicator and the evolution of Wage inequality in Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd ; Seidlitz, Arnim
Institute of Labor Economics, Bonn
IZA - Bonn
2019
19 p.
part time employment ; part time worker ; wage differential ; working time
Discussion Paper
12529
Working time and leave
English
Bibliogr.
"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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