Finances of social protection in Switzerland (early estimates)

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This dataset contains annual data on social security benefit expenditure and receipts in Switzerland since 1990. The last year of the time series is estimated (early estimate). All financial values are broken down by social security regime. A regime corresponds in principle to a specific set of rules aimed at the provision of social benefits and their financing Social benefit expenditures are classified by function. The functions correspond to the categories of needs and risks that social benefits are intended to cover: sickness/health care, disability, old age, survivors, family/children, unemployment, housing, social exclusion n.a.g. Receipts are classified by type, such as employer's social contributions, contributions from protected persons excluding health insurance premiums, health insurance premiums, federal, cantonal and municipal government contributions, investment income and other revenues. Descriptions of the variables in the CSV file are available in the Appendix.