| Willy Brandt School of Public Policy

Social Security Contributions and the Fiscal Origins of the Welfare State

Prof. Achim Kemmerling contributes to the edited volume "Global Taxation: How Modern Taxes conquered the World" with a chapter on "Social Security Contributions and the Fiscal Origins of the Welfare State".

Prof. Achim Kemmerling contributes to an important edited volume on the history of the modern tax system around the world and how historical legacies still influence public finances today. For a short summary of his contribution see here. For the overall volume and its underlying database see here.