Breyer, Friedrich; Lorenz, Normann - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 100 (2020) 8, pp. 591-596
branches of the German social security system. Depending on different assumptions of the future growth of GDP per worker, our … estimates show that by 2040 the total social security contribution rate could reach between slightly below 50 % and above 53 … % of gross wages. Thus the sustainability of the German social security system is severely jeopardised. …