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Germany
Social Protection System
Chelsea Ralston
Thursday, November 27th
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History
• World’s 3rd largest economy, 5th largest PPP
(Purchasing Power Parity), and the largest economy
in Europe.
• Strong advocate for closer political and economic
integration of the EU.
• Operates with the euro, monetary policy is set by the
central bank in Frankfurt.
• In 2003, the government started to gradually
deregulate the labor market to tackle high
unemployment levels.
History cont.
• To conserve competitiveness of workers, the unions
have abandoned higher wage demands.
• The third largest agriculture producer in the EU:
potatoes, wheat, barley, and various types of fruit.
• A large supply of coal and natural gas but has
reduced its mining and production because of
adopting environmental protection measures.
• Big emphasis has been placed on renewable energy
sources, such as, solar, wind, biomass, hydro, and
geothermal.
GDP per capita
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
115.1
116.1
116.3
114.6
113.6
112.8
111.4
151.6
153.6
154.7
157.7
156.6
154.6
150.4
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Germany
USA
EU
Total GDP
2002
2003
Germany 23600
24200
25200
25800
26900
28100
28800
31000
31800
33500
35500
37000
38500
38900
20500
20700
21600
22500
23600
24900
25900
USA
EU
Source:http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?_pageid=1996,45323734&_dad=portal&_schema=PO
RTAL&screen=welcomeref&open=/t_na/t_nama/t_nama_gdp&language=en&product=REF_TB_national_a
ccounts&root=REF_TB_national_accounts&scrollto=0
Total General Government Expenditure (as a % of GDP)
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
47.6
48.1
48.5
47.1
46.8
45.3
43.8
48.0
47.4
48.3
47.7
48.2
48.8
48.2
46.3
46.7
47.3
46.9
47.0
46.4
45.8
Germany
Italy
EU
Source:http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?_pageid=1996,39140985&_dad=portal&_schem
a=PORTAL&screen=detailref&language=en&product=REF_TB_government_statistics&root=REF_TB
_government_statistics/t_gov/t_gov_a/tec00023
Germany’s Social Protection
• Social Protection: social benefits that are paid by the
government to households intended to relieve them
from the financial burden of a number of risks or
needs.
• Such as: sickness, disability, occupational accident or
disease, old age, maternity, unemployment, housing,
education.
Source:http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?_pageid=1996,39140985&_dad=portal&_schema=PO
RTAL&screen=detailref&language=en&product=REF_TB_government_statistics&root=REF_TB_governmen
t_statistics/t_gov/t_gov_a/tec00026
Social Protection Expenditure (as a percentage of total
spending)
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
19.5
19.8
19.4
19.2
18.4
17.3
16.5
16.8
16.9
17.0
17.0
17.3
15.8
16.0
15.9
15.7
15.4
15.1
Germany
Italy
EU
Source:http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?_pageid=1996,45323734&_dad=portal&_sc
hema=PORTAL&screen=welcomeref&open=/t_gov/t_gov_a&language=en&product=REF_TB_g
overnment_statistics&root=REF_TB_government_statistics&scrollto=0
Employment Rate
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
65.8
65.4
65.0
65.0
66.0
67.5
69.4
74.0
73.1
71.9
71.2
71.2
71.5
71.7
62.6
62.4
62.6
63.0
63.6
64.5
65.4
Germany
US
EU
The employment rate is calculated by dividing the number of persons
aged 15 to 64 in employment by the total populated of the same age
group.
Source:http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?_pageid=1996,39140985&_dad=portal&_schema=
PORTAL&screen=detailref&language=en&product=REF_TB_labour_market&root=REF_TB_labour_ma
rket/t_labour/t_employ/t_lfsi/t_lfsi_emp/tsiem010
Unemployment Rate (ages 25-74)
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
7.6
8.3
9.2
9.5
10.2
9.4
8.0
7.4
7.0
6.8
6.5
6.3
5.5
4.9
7.2
7.6
7.7
7.7
7.6
7.0
6.1
Germany
Italy
EU
The unemployment rate represents unemployed persons as a
percentage of the labor force. To be considered a part of the labor
force, one has to be actively seeking employment.
Source:http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?_pageid=1996,39140985&_dad=portal&_schema=PO
RTAL&screen=detailref&language=en&product=REF_TB_labour_market&root=REF_TB_labour_market/t_l
abour/t_employ/t_lfsi/t_une/tsdec460
Long term unemployment rate
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
3.8
4.0
4.6
5.5
5.7
5.5
4.7
0.3
0.5
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.5
3.9
4.0
4.1
4.2
4.1
3.7
3.1
Germany
US
EU
The long-term unemployment (12 months or more) are those of at least
15 years old, not living in collective households, who are without work
despite searching.
Source:http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?_pageid=1996,39140985&_dad=portal&_schema=P
ORTAL&screen=detailref&language=en&product=REF_TB_labour_market&root=REF_TB_labour_market/
t_labour/t_employ/t_lfsi/t_une/tsisc070
Taxation as Percentage of GDP
Germany
Italy
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
10.9
10.6
10.4
10.0
10.1
10.8
11.2
14.7
13.9
13.4
13.3
13.3
14.4
15.2
13.3
12.7
12.4
12.3
12.7
13.2
13.4
EU
Tax revenue is collected by the central government (Bund), the state
(Laender), and local governments. The main two taxes are the value added
tax (VAT) and an income tax. Tax revenue is distributed proportionately
using a formula set by the constitution.
Source:http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?_pageid=1996,39140985&_dad=portal&_schema=PORT
AL&screen=detailref&language=en&product=REF_TB_government_statistics&root=REF_TB_government_sta
tistics/t_gov/t_gov_a/tec00018
• Gini Index- measures the degree of
inequality in the distribution of family
income in a country.
1997
25
27
1998
24
27
26
1999
26
29
26
29
2000
24
30
25
25
21
36
24
28
25
33
23
30
29
2001
24
28
26
20
38
22
29
25
35
21
37
22
28
25
35
22
37
24
29
25
34
33
31
30
34
31
30
25
26
32
30
31
31
27
26
25
36
37
28
26
28
36
29
35
22
34
24
22
33
23
22
32
24
33
24
30
32
32
32
31
26
30
25
30
36
22
35
24
27
25
33
23
29
29
32
2002
26
35
26
27
24
27
26
30
37
30
2003
27
28
24
29
27
2004
26
26
26
25
34
26
27
24
37
25
28
35
27
31
33
28
26
27
27
30
30
22
31
23
46
35
22
31
45
34
30
29
32
33
38
31
2005
26
28
29
26
24
34
26
28
28
33
28
32
33
36
36
26
28
27
36
41
31
26
31
23
32
23
30
30
30
31
Souce:http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/qualityoflife/eurlife/index.php?template=3&radioindic=158&idDomain=3
Countries
AT
BE
BG
HR
CY
CZ
DK
EE
FI
FR
DE
EL
HU
IE
IT
LV
LT
LU
MT
NL
PL
PT
RO
SK
SI
ES
SE
TR
UK
EU-15
EU-25
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