Arbeitspapier

Who bears the burden of social security contributions in Germany? Evidence from 35 years of administrative data

This paper provides evidence over a long time period on the question of who bears the burden of social security contributions (SSC) in Germany. Following Alvaredo et al. (2016) we exploit kinks in the budget set generated by a drop in the marginal SSC rate at earnings caps. Based on cross-sectional earnings distributions the framework does not rely on policy reforms. Applying the approach to administrative data for West Germany facilitates a comprehensive incidence analysis between 1975 and 2010. We find that neither employers nor employees shift a substantial part of their SSC burden. These results are consistent over the whole time period and in robustness checks corroborating previous findings. A small trend towards a slight increase in the SSC burden falling on employees is not statistically significant.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: DIW Discussion Papers ; No. 1627

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Taxation and Subsidies: Incidence
Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: Public Policy
Social Security and Public Pensions
Thema
incidence
social security contributions
discontinuities

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Müller, Kai-Uwe
Neumann, Michael
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
(wo)
Berlin
(wann)
2016

Handle
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Müller, Kai-Uwe
  • Neumann, Michael
  • Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)

Entstanden

  • 2016

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