Definition: Employers' social contributions

Category: ESSPROS Manual

Employers' social contributions are the costs incurred by employers to secure entitlement to social benefits for their employees, former employees and their dependants. 

This definition is identical in versions 1996, 2008 and 2011 of the Manual http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/KS-RA-11-014-EN.pdf Eurostat, "ESSPROS Manual 2008"Eurostat, "ESSPROS Manual 1996"
Source:
Eurostat, "ESSPROS Manual - The European System of integrated Social Protection Statistics", 2011 Edition, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, 2011
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