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This chapter discusses the German Artists‘ Social Security Fund, a special social security scheme for self-employed artists and writers within the German Statutory Insurance Scheme. It starts with a brief overview of the general German Social Security System. It then goes on to discuss why the Artists’ Social Insurance Fund was established and how it works, including descriptive statistics on its members, their earnings and the scheme’s coverage rates. Among other relevant aspects, it highlights how financial contributions are shared between the artists, users and state subsidies. The chapter concludes with a short discussion of the efficiency and the effectiveness of the Artists‘ Social Security Fund compared to the standard pension scheme. |
