1. The German social security system database Bernd Görzig

2. EUKLEMS London 27.10.2004 The German Social Security System Team n Martin Gornig n Bernd Görzig

3. EUKLEMS London 27.10.2004 The German Social Security System EUKLEMS objectives n Labour input for EUKLEMS industries u Gender u Age (3 or more) u Educational level (3 or more) u Working hours u Wages

4. EUKLEMS London 27.10.2004 The German Social Security System National Accounts delivery programme n Nearly EUKLEMS classification n Persons u Employed u Self-employed n Averages (monthly, quarterly) or declaration day n Wages of employed persons

5. EUKLEMS London 27.10.2004 The German Social Security System Possible sources n Labour force survey n Employment survey n Other sources u Surveys for selected industries è Survey in manufacturing

6. EUKLEMS London 27.10.2004 The German Social Security System Labour force survey for Germany n Consistent among EU member states u For Germany not in all details n Shortcomings u Sample è Cross tabulations for EUKLEMS industries not possible u Self-declarations of employees è No producer survey

7. EUKLEMS London 27.10.2004 The German Social Security System Employment survey of the Social Security Fund (SSF) n Coverage u All persons with contributions to the SSF è Since 1999 also such persons with minor income who do not contribute to the SSF u Not included è Most self-employed persons è Some groups of civil servants

8. EUKLEMS London 27.10.2004 The German Social Security System Coverage of the SSF survey

9. EUKLEMS London 27.10.2004 The German Social Security System The primary source of the SSF survey: Employers declaration for every employed person Occupational indicators

10. EUKLEMS London 27.10.2004 The German Social Security System 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 occupation Special occupation: Minor income job Temporary job Apprentice Working student

11. EUKLEMS London 27.10.2004 The German Social Security System Personal indicators Address of employee Social security number: Year of birth Gender

12. EUKLEMS London 27.10.2004 The German Social Security System How to measure employment? n ESA 95 u Employees u Jobs n Employed persons at reporting date (week) u Germany: NA, LFS n Averages of several reporting dates u Germany: NA

13. EUKLEMS London 27.10.2004 The German Social Security System Employment patterns over the year Person A Person B Person C - Firm 1 Person B Person C - Firm 2 Person C - Firm 3 January December Reporting date 1 Reporting date 2

14. EUKLEMS London 27.10.2004 The German Social Security System n Jobs n Employed persons at reporting date n Days employed converted to full person years Person years = Sum of employment days per employment case / 365 Employment in SSF survey

15. EUKLEMS London 27.10.2004 The German Social Security System Employment cases and person years

16. EUKLEMS London 27.10.2004 The German Social Security System Comparing LFS with SSF survey n Part time employment n Educational structure n Age structure n Gender

17. EUKLEMS London 27.10.2004 The German Social Security System Part time employment in SSF survey n Part time employment u Less then 15 hours a week u Between 15 hours and full time work n Full time employment u All others

18. EUKLEMS London 27.10.2004 The German Social Security System Part time employment

19. EUKLEMS London 27.10.2004 The German Social Security System Educational structure

20. EUKLEMS London 27.10.2004 The German Social Security System Age structure

21. EUKLEMS London 27.10.2004 The German Social Security System Gender

22. EUKLEMS London 27.10.2004 The German Social Security System Industries

23. EUKLEMS London 27.10.2004 The German Social Security System Conclusions: n SSF is a database with a wide coverage, however n Considerable work has to be done for getting consistency with the NA

24. The German social security system database Bernd Görzig Thank you for listening