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EmploymEnT, woRk, and hEalTh inEqualiTiEs - a global perspective<br />

Figure 25. policy entry points in the macro-theoretical framework.<br />

9.4. eMployMenT-relaTed policy opTions for<br />

redUcinG healTh ineQUaliTies<br />

This section presents a framework for identifying and classifying<br />

employment-related policy initiatives. The framework evaluates<br />

policies that have already been implemented, as well as those<br />

policies that are being implemented now in order to suggest<br />

possible designs for future policies that aim to reduce health<br />

inequalities related to employment conditions. such a framework is<br />

necessary thanks to the complex reality of working conditions,<br />

which must be systematically organised to produce useful policy<br />

recommendations. as we have established, employment-related<br />

health inequalities arise from a variety of factors and manifest<br />

themselves through various pathways from the “macro” to the<br />

“micro” social conditions and contexts of work and employment.<br />

Thanks to the preceding theoretical treatment linking employment<br />

conditions and health inequalities, we are ready to identify points of<br />

entry for successful policy interventions. figures 25 and 26 illustrate<br />

these entry points in relation to the conceptual frameworks used in<br />

this book.<br />

eMployMenT<br />

poWer relaTions<br />

Market<br />

(Unions, Corporations,<br />

Institutions)<br />

A<br />

policies<br />

Labour Market<br />

(Labour Regulations,<br />

Industrial Relations)<br />

A<br />

Full-time Permanent Employment<br />

Unemployment<br />

Non-standard Employment<br />

Precarious Employment<br />

Partially or Fully<br />

Informal Empl.<br />

Slavery / Child Labour<br />

b<br />

WorK<br />

orGanisaTion<br />

Working Conditions<br />

Exposures, Hazards and<br />

Risk Factors<br />

Government<br />

(Parties)<br />

Social Class, Gender, Age, Ethnicity,<br />

Migrant Status<br />

Health<br />

Inequalities<br />

Welfare State<br />

(Social and Health Policies)<br />

Material Deprivation and<br />

Economic Inequalities<br />

Civil Society<br />

(NGOs, Community<br />

Associations)<br />

Health Systems<br />

Social and Family Networks<br />

modEl oF dEVElopmEnT historical, political and Ecological context<br />

(poverty, income inequality, economic structure, environment, productivity, technology, education, culture)<br />

source: prepared by the authors<br />

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