Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 7 Percentiles of the Wage Distribution and Changes, 1998 and 2010, by Skill Level

From: The evolution of job stability and wages after the implementation of the Hartz reformsDie Entwicklung von Beschäftigungsstabilität und Löhnen seit Einführung der Hartz-Reformen

West Germany
Percentiles	1998			2010
Percentiles	25th percentile	50th percentile	75th percentile	25th percentile	50th percentile	75th percentile
Unskilled	3.69	3.98	4.26	3.51	3.75	4.08
Skilled	3.98	4.26	4.50	3.76	4.10	4.40
Highly Skilled	4.49	4.79	¹	4.23	4.63	4.99
Differences (log points)	1998		2010		2010–1998	2010–1998
Differences (log points)	50th–25th percentile	75th–50th percentile	50th–25th percentile	75th–50th percentile	50th–25th percentile	75th–50th percentile
Unskilled	0.29	0.28	0.24	0.33	−0.06	0.05
Skilled	0.28	0.24	0.34	0.29	0.06	0.05
Highly Skilled	0.30	¹	0.40	0.36	0.10	^a

^aNo entry because of high proportion of censored wages. The proportion of highly skilled workers in new jobs with earnings above the social security threshold is 29 % in 1998 and 17 % in 2010
Source: IEB, own calculations

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