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

Table 1. cluster of countries based on labour market inequalities.<br />

CorE<br />

more Equal<br />

social Democratic labour<br />

Institutions<br />

Belgium, Denmark, finland, Italy,<br />

norway, sweden<br />

Corporatist Conservative labour<br />

Institutions<br />

austria, Germany, france,<br />

greece, Japan, netherlands,<br />

portugal, spain<br />

liberal labour Institutions<br />

less Equal<br />

australia, Canada, Ireland, new<br />

Zealand, switzerland, uK, us<br />

residual labour Institutions Emerging labour Institutions Informal labour market<br />

sEmI-pErIpHEry<br />

pErIpHEry<br />

The Bahamas, Croatia, Czech<br />

rep, Hong Kong, Hungary,<br />

Jamaica, south korea, latvia,<br />

lithuania, poland, Russia,<br />

singapore, slovak rep, slovenia,<br />

Thailand, uruguay<br />

post-Communist labour market<br />

albania, armenia, Belarus,<br />

Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cambodia,<br />

China, ghana, Indonesia,<br />

moldova, mongolia, papua new<br />

guinea, philippines, romania,<br />

Tajikistan, ukraine, uzbekistan,<br />

Viet nam<br />

argentina, Brazil, Chile,<br />

Colombia, Costa rica, Ecuador,<br />

fiji, Kuwait, malaysia, mexico,<br />

panama, paraguay, peru, south<br />

africa, Trinidad and Tobago,<br />

Venezuela<br />

less successful Informal labour<br />

market<br />

algeria, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire,<br />

Dominican rep, Egypt, Equatorial<br />

guinea, guatemala, guyana,<br />

Honduras, india, Iran, Jordan,<br />

mauritania, morocco, nicaragua,<br />

nigeria, pakistan, sri lanka,<br />

sudan, swaziland, syrian arab<br />

rep, yemen rep<br />

Bahrain, Belize, Botswana, El<br />

salvador, lebanon, oman, saudi<br />

arabia, Tunisia, Turkey<br />

Insecure labour market<br />

Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina faso,<br />

Burundi, Cameroon, Central<br />

african rep, Chad, Comoros,<br />

Congo Dem rep, Congo rep,<br />

Eritrea, Ethiopia, gambia,<br />

guinea-Bissau, haiti, Kenya, lao<br />

pDr, madagascar, malawi, mali,<br />

mozambique, namibia, nepal,<br />

niger, rwanda, senegal,<br />

Tanzania, Togo, uganda, Zambia,<br />

Zimbabwe<br />

source: prepared by the authors<br />

The clustering of countries according to labour market<br />

characteristics varies greatly between periphery and semi<br />

periphery, on one hand, and oECD countries on the other. The<br />

labour markets of semi-peripheral countries are characterised by<br />

growing informality but maintain some degree of stability and rule of<br />

law, approximating them to wealthier oECD countries. some, such<br />

as Chile, have even developed their own forms of emerging welfare<br />

state institutions. Countries on the global periphery, however,<br />

represent another level of labour-market instability altogether.<br />

plagued by a heavy reliance on informal work, they face severe<br />

insecurity in their labour markets. In these countries war, political<br />

instability, authoritarian regimes, and foreign interventions threaten<br />

the rule of law and the protection of workers, and only aggravate<br />

their labour market problems (stubbs & underhill, 2006).<br />

This categorisation of countries reveals two very important<br />

distinctions. first, it highlights the difference between labour<br />

institutions and informal labour markets. labour institutions are<br />

closely related to the strength of the welfare state (Huber &<br />

stephens, 2001).<br />

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