04112nam 2200697Ia 450 991096403570332120251117115727.01-280-08474-X97866100847461-4175-3644-610.1596/0-8213-5761-1(CKB)111098478194378(SSID)ssj0000087527(PQKBManifestationID)11108200(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000087527(PQKBWorkID)10054189(PQKB)10395203(MiAaPQ)EBC3050715(Au-PeEL)EBL3050715(CaPaEBR)ebr10063418(CaONFJC)MIL8474(OCoLC)922951422(The World Bank)2004055191(US-djbf)13635204(BIP)46126714(BIP)10095243(EXLCZ)9911109847819437820040624d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierIncome support for the unemployed issues and options /Milan Vodopivec1st ed.Washington, D.C. World Bank2004ix, 225 pages illustrations ;24 cmWorld Bank regional and sectoral studiesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8213-5761-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Provide Unemployment Insurance? -- Who Should Receive Unemployment Income Support? -- Summary -- 3. 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 -- Concluding Remarks -- Annex 3.1 Determinants of Social Insurance Programs for the Unemployed -- 4. Performance of Income Support Programs: Theoretical Aspects and Empirical Evidence -- Income Protection Effects -- Efficiency Effects -- Suitability to Confront Different Shocks -- Resistance to Political Risk -- Concluding Remarks -- Annex 4.1 Efficiency Effects of Income Support Programs -- 5. 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 -- Concluding Remarks -- 6. Improving Income Support Programs for the Unemployed in Developing Countries -- Choosing the Right Program -- Designing Unemployment Insurance -- Improving Income Protection of the Informal Sector -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Index.This title provides an overview of the income support systems of many developing countries and reviews their performance. It discusses some very important, topical, and controversial issues, including a new and largely untested system: unemployment insurance savings accounts. The title provides an extensive literature review and is written so as to be accessible to a broad audience.World Bank regional and sectoral studies.Unemployment insuranceSupplemental unemployment benefitsSeverance payPublic worksUnemployment insurance.Supplemental unemployment benefits.Severance pay.Public works.368.4/4Vodopivec Milan1105349MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910964035703321Income support for the unemployed4478304UNINA