Such a scheme makes it easier to manage the financial risk associated with increased flexibility inherent to automatic adjustments. This consideration is likely to be especially pertinent in countries where the normal duration period for first-tier unemployment benefits is relatively short and unemployed persons who are not eligible for UB or exhaust their entitlement have only limited access to second-tier assistance benefits. Low UB coverage exerts pressure on the last tier of income assistance to provide for a responsive basic floor of income support for job losers and other unemployed persons, especially in a context of a depressed labour market and a high incidence of long-term unemployment. However, there are also risks in easing the access of unemployed persons to SA or other last-resort benefits. These benefits typically are not associated with activation measures that are as effective as those associated with UBs, creating the risk of a long-run increase in benefit dependency. However, if it is not considered desirable or feasible to expand UB coverage, then it is generally more desirable that unemployment assistance or social assistance play this role, rather than other income replacement benefits such as early retirement or disability benefits.