@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp12529, author={Fitzenberger, Bernd and Seidlitz, Arnim}, title={The 2011 Break in the Part-Time Indicator and the Evolution of Wage Inequality in Germany}, year={2019}, month={Aug}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={12529}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp12529}, 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={wage inequality;SIAB7514;part-time indicator;Germany}, }