Income support for the unemployed : issues and options / Milan Vodopivec.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-207) and index.

Objectives of Income Support Programs for the Unemployed -- Accounting for Interactions among Social Risk Management Mechanisms -- Establishing Evaluation Criteria -- Why Should the Public Sector Provide Unemployment Insurance? -- Who Should Receive Unemployment Income Support? -- Review of Income Support Programs for the Unemployed -- Typology and Description of Main Income Support Programs -- The Incidence of Income Support Programs for the Unemployed -- Determinants of Social Insurance Programs for the Unemployed -- Performance of Income Support Programs: Theoretical Aspects and Empirical Evidence -- Income Protection Effects -- Efficiency Effects -- Suitability to Confront Different Shocks -- Resistance to Political Risk -- Efficiency Effects of Income Support Programs -- Design and Implementation Criteria: Exploring Country-Specific Conditions -- Interactions with Labor Market Institutions and Shocks -- Administrative Capacity for Program Implementation -- Characteristics of Unemployment -- Size of the Informal Sector -- Prevalence and Pattern of Interhousehold Transfers -- Nonsocial Insurance and Self-Protection -- The Nature of Shocks -- Cultural and Political Factors -- Improving Income Support Programs for the Unemployed in Developing Countries -- Choosing the Right Program -- Designing Unemployment Insurance -- Improving Income Protection of the Informal Sector.