Sources: OECD tax-benefit models (www.oecd.org/els/social/workincentives). In setting benefit amounts, policymakers need to consider not only poverty thresholds and the income position of low-wage workers, but also the levels of other, higher-tier benefit payments. Where unemployment benefit levels depend on the duration of unemployment, separate lines are shown for each category. Ratios between minimum-income and unemployment benefits can be quite high for longer-term unemployed, notably in countries operating both unemployment insurance and assistance benefits (see Table 2).