the german social security system database bernd görzig

The German social security

system database

Bernd Görzig

EUKLEMS London27.10.2004

The German Social Security System

Team

Martin Gornig

Bernd Görzig



EUKLEMS objectives

Labour input for EUKLEMS industries Gender Age (3 or more) Educational level (3 or more) Working hours Wages



National Accounts delivery programme Nearly EUKLEMS classification Persons

Employed Self-employed

Averages (monthly, quarterly) or declaration day

Wages of employed persons



Possible sources

Labour force survey Employment survey Other sources

Surveys for selected industries Survey in manufacturing



Labour force survey for Germany Consistent among EU member states

For Germany not in all details

Shortcomings Sample

Cross tabulations for EUKLEMS industries not possible

Self-declarations of employees No producer survey



Employment survey of the Social Security Fund (SSF) Coverage

All persons with contributions to the SSF Since 1999 also such persons with minor income

who do not contribute to the SSF Not included

Most self-employed persons Some groups of civil servants



Labour force survey

National accounts

Total 36,8 38,9

Self-employed 4,1 4,1 Employed 32,7 34,8

Civil servants 2,3 2,3 Others 30,5 32,6

SSF members 27,1 27,1

Minor income jobs etc.1 3,4 5,5 1 Residual: Less than 400 € per month, less than 15 working hours per week, temporary jobs

mill. Persons2001

Coverage of the SSF survey



The primary source of the SSF survey:Employers declaration for every employed person

Occupational indicators



Occupational indicators

Begin and end of employment

dd/mm/yyyy

Type of occupation

Wages

Number of establishment:Region (County)

Industry (NACE 4digit)

Education

1

Part time class

9

Multiple jobs

3

Nationality

Normal occupationSpecial occupation:

Minor income jobTemporary jobApprenticeWorking student



Personal indicators

Address of employee

Social security number:Year of birthGender



How to measure employment?

ESA 95 Employees Jobs

Employed persons at reporting date (week) Germany: NA, LFS

Averages of several reporting dates Germany: NA



Employment patterns over the year

Person A

Person B

Person C - Firm 1

Person B

Person C - Firm 2Person C - Firm 3

January DecemberReporting date 1 Reporting date 2



Jobs Employed persons at reporting date Days employed converted to full person years

Person years

= Sum of employment days per employment case / 365

Employment in SSF survey



Employment cases and person years

Jobs Person years

TOTAL 39,17 27,06 1,4AGRICULTURE, HUNTING, FORESTRY AND FISHING 0,51 0,32 1,6MINING AND QUARRYING 0,17 0,13 1,3TOTAL MANUFACTURING 9,58 7,09 1,4ELECTRICITY, GAS AND WATER SUPPLY 0,32 0,25 1,3CONSTRUCTION 2,97 1,93 1,5WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE; REPAIRS 5,78 4,08 1,4HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS 1,41 0,77 1,8TRANSPORT AND STORAGE 1,75 1,21 1,5POST AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS 0,62 0,30 2,0FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION 1,30 1,03 1,3REAL ESTATE, RENTING AND BUSINESS ACTIVITIES 5,10 3,10 1,6COMMUNITY SOCIAL AND PERSONAL SERVICES 9,67 6,86 1,4

Jobs per person year

mill.

2001



Comparing LFS with SSF survey

Part time employment Educational structure Age structure Gender



Part time employment in SSF survey Part time employment

Less then 15 hours a week Between 15 hours and full time work

Full time employment All others



2001Labour force survey (LFS)

Employment survey (SSF)

Total 30,5 27,1 Full time 23,7 22,2

Part time1 6,8 4,9

Total 100 100 Full time 78 82 Part time 22 18

mill. Persons

%

1 LFS: Less 32 hours per week. - SSF: Less than normal working hours per week. -

Part time employment



2001Labour force

surveyEmployment survey (SSF)

Total 30,5 27,1 School education 7,3 8,4 Apprenticeship 19,9 16,4 University degree 3,3 2,3

Total 100 100 School education 24 31 Apprenticeship 65 61 University degree 11 8

mill. Persons

%

Educational structure



2001Labour force


Total 30,5 27,1 under 20 1,3 1,0 20 til 59 29,0 25,2 60 and more 0,2 0,9

Total 100 100 under 20 4 4 20 til 59 95 93 60 and more 1 3

mill. Persons

%

Age structure



2001Labour force


Total 30,5 27,1 Female 14,1 11,9 Male 16,4 15,2

Total 100 100 Female 46 44 Male 54 56

mill. Persons

%

Gender



Employment survey (SSF)

National accounts

(NA)

Person years Persons

TOTAL 27,06 34,85 7,78 AGRICULTURE, HUNTING, FORESTRY AND FISHING 0,32 0,47 0,15 MINING AND QUARRYING 0,13 0,10 -0,02 TOTAL MANUFACTURING 7,09 7,81 0,72 ELECTRICITY, GAS AND WATER SUPPLY 0,25 0,30 0,04 CONSTRUCTION 1,93 2,17 0,24 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE; REPAIRS 4,08 5,29 1,20 HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS 0,77 1,38 0,61 TRANSPORT AND STORAGE 1,21 1,47 0,26 POST AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS 0,30 0,50 0,20 FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION 1,03 1,15 0,12 REAL ESTATE, RENTING AND BUSINESS ACTIVITIES 3,10 3,99 0,89 COMMUNITY SOCIAL AND PERSONAL SERVICES 6,86 10,22 3,36

1 Coverage: No minor income recipiens and civil servants in SSF. - Mismatch: establishments in SSF, enterprises in NA. -

2001

mill.

Differences1

Industries



Conclusions:

SSF is a database with a wide coverage, however

Considerable work has to be done for getting consistency with the NA

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system database

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