The 2011 Break in the Part-Time Indicator and the Evolution of Wage Inequality in Germany
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The 2011 Break in the Part-Time Indicator and the Evolution of Wage Inequality in Germany
The 2011 Break in the Part-Time Indicator and the Evolution of Wage Inequality in Germany
Date Written: 2019
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.
Keywords: Part-time indicator, SIAB7514, Wage Inequality, Germany
JEL Classification: J60, J31, C80
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