How Variable Are Population Aging and its Consequences for the Social Security Systems in Germany?

Summary:

This impulse about demographic change summarises the main findings of the study „Wie variabel ist der demografische Alterungsprozess? Effekte von Geburten und Zuwanderung – Folgen für die soziale Sicherung“ („How variable is the population aging process in Germany? Effects of Births and Immigration - Consequences for Social Security Systems”).

Further information:

€171,000 – under the current legal framework, that is how much more an average employee born in 2010 must contribute to the social security systems over his or her working life to receive the same benefits as an average employee born in 1970 with identical gross life income. The reason for this is population aging and the associated shifting of social burdens.

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