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eMployMent relations and health inequalities: pathways and MechanisMs<br />

Figure 18. healthy life expectancy for different labour market clusters in 2002.<br />

Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth (Years)<br />

60 70 80<br />

30 40 50<br />

core semi-peripheral Peripheral<br />

Social Democratic<br />

Corporatist Conservative<br />

Liberal<br />

Residual<br />

Emerging<br />

country clusters<br />

Informal<br />

Post-Communist<br />

Less Successful Informal<br />

Insecure<br />

Males<br />

Females<br />

source: prepared by the authors<br />

8.2. eMPloyMenT condiTions<br />

a full account of how employment conditions negatively affect the<br />

health of workers needs to include a detailed exposition of generic<br />

as well as specific social, psychological and biological pathways.<br />

although most pathways and mechanisms seem fairly general (e.g.,<br />

unemployment can be a risk factor for depression, alcoholism and<br />

cardiovascular disease), there is also room for specific disorders<br />

tied to the negative effects of particular employment relations in<br />

specific populations (e.g., developmental disorders linked to child<br />

labour, post-traumatic stress disorders linked to soldiering, slavery<br />

or bonded labour). in the fol<strong>low</strong>ing section we have summarised<br />

what we understand as the general and specific pathways<br />

underlying our six dimensions of employment relations.<br />

in order to present pathways and mechanisms linking<br />

employment dimensions to health inequalities as well as current<br />

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