Family, social security and social insurance: General remarks and the present discussion in Germany as a case study

Contents

1. Introduction......................................................................................................................5

2. Family activities and social security....................................................................................6

3. Basic economic arguments for family policy and basic decisions in designing family
policy 8

4. Transfers to families from public budgets and by social insurance in Germany....................10

5. The present debate in Germany on improving the conditions for families in social
insurance.......................................................................................................................14

5.1 Raising children as a contribution in kind in pension insurance?.................................14

5.2   Reducing the contribution burden of families - instruments and effects.....................17

5.3   Financing of family policy and human capital formation............................................21

6. References .................................................................................................................... 22

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