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

• Autore: Vodopivec Milan
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: ix, 225 pages : illustrations ; ; 24 cm
• Disciplina: 368.4/4
• Soggetto topico: Unemployment insurance; Supplemental unemployment benefits; Severance pay; Public works
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Income support for the unemployed
• ISBN: 1-280-08474-X; 9786610084746; 1-4175-3644-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910964035703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Bank regional and sectoral studies.