at minimum the state supervises the process and in some cases it also participates in collecting the contributions or distributing the benefits these responsibilities fall mainly on ministries of work or employment employment offices and social security agencies although the former is more generous than the latter it also has strict conditions such that individuals who do not satisfy the eligibility requirements for the insurance can receive unemployment assistance benefits based on their income in that sense the assistance represents a link between unemployment protection and minimum income protection irrespective of labour market status as happens in the social assistance and universal basic income models it can also serve as an automatic stabilizer and improve the process of matching the supply of skills with the demand for them the weaknesses of unemployment insurance and assistance stem from the fact that owing to risk aversion and moral hazard the benefits can reduce incentives for the individual to seek and find a new job and coverage tends to be sparser in the case of more volatile labour markets and more precarious jobs