With the aim to provide guidelines for countries wishing to introduce or improve income support systems for the unemployed, the book summarizes the evidence about the performance of five such systems: unemployment insurance, unemployment assistance, unemployment insurance savings accounts,...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Conceptual Issues -- Objectives of Income Support Programs for the Unemployed -- Accounting for Interactions among Social Risk Management Mechanisms -- Establishing Evaluation Criteria -- Why Should the Public Sector...