Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The starting points -- Chapter 3. The optimal level of unemployment insurance -- Chapter 4. The optimal time profile of UI policy -- Chapter 5. Unemployment insurance over the business cycles -- Chapter 6. Some further notes on the role of a UI system --...

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pt. 1. Methodology of labour market policy evaluation -- pt. 2. Evaluating labour market policies in selected target areas -- pt. 3. Evaluating institutional frameworks of labour market policy -- pt. 4. Evaluating policy targets at the European level