remains flexible? Each of the main unemployment income support systems (unemployment insurance, unemployment assistance …, unemployment insurance savings accounts, severance pay, and public works) has strengths and weaknesses. Country-specific conditions …

. The attention has thus shifted to the ability of governments to check the rapid rise in unemployment, induce efficient … the transition has been the emergence of a double-digit unemployment rate, together with varying degrees of restructuring … setting) and (ii) the flow of individuals from unemployment into employment …