Wolfgang SchubertKünstler und Kreative, ihre Altersvorsorge und ihr Umgang mit drohender Altersarmut

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[...] Der Autor behandelt zweifelsohne ein wichtiges und bisher eher vernachlässigtes Thema.

[...] Das Buch gewährt einen informativen Einblick in die oftmals prekäre Lebenslage einer Berufsgruppe, deren Tätigkeiten im kulturellen Bereich von der Bevölkerung sehr geschätzt werden, aber materiell zu wenig unterstützt werden.

About this book deutschenglish

Although artists and other creative characters have high education and reputation in society they earn only low wages. Because there are only little employments many of them work as freelancer. Since 1983 artists and other creative characters in Germany who work as freelancer have the advantages of a health and pension insurance called “Künstlersozialkasse”.

The premiums of the insurance are connected with the incomes. The low wages mean that artists and creative will receive low pensions when they are retired.

In this book concerned people were asked how they get along with less money when they are retired. What are their strategies?

The book starts with the development of the German pension system and describes artists and other creative characters (chapter 1). The main German tax rules and law rules are also shown. Insurance systems for artists in European countries are also described.

General developments regarding to the wages and population are shown in chapter 2.

In chapter 3 the reasons for the inequality in wages by artists and creative are described. Later the contents of the interviews of concerned people are shown. Concerned people includes freelancer, employees and people with own companies from different professions.

The book includes a detailed basis part which introduces the reader into the group of artists and other creative characters.

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