We analyse insecurity-based dividing lines and their social configurations in the German, Belgian and Italian labour markets in 2015, using latent class analysis applied to EU Labour Force Survey data. In contrast to the dual vision of ‘insider-outsider’ approaches, our findings illustrate the existence of five distinctive labour market groups or segments across countries with similar social configurations. We explain this through the social embeddedness of national regulatory systems which generate different degrees of inclusiveness for different groups of workers. This adds to ongoing debates on connecting micro- and macro-levels of analysis, as labour market segmentation as a macro-phenomenon is studied based on its micro-foundations (terms and conditions of employment relationships). We use the interlinkages between national regulatory systems and social categories to explain the findings.

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劳动力市场的社会结构鸿沟：德国，比利时和意大利的分析

我们使用应用于欧盟劳动力调查数据的潜在类别分析，分析了2015年德国，比利时和意大利劳动力市场中基于不安全因素的分界线及其社会结构。与“内部－外部”方法的双重视野相反，我们的发现表明，在具有相似社会结构的国家中，存在五个独特的劳动力市场群体或细分市场。我们通过国家监管体系的社会嵌入性来解释这一点，该体系对于不同的工人群体产生了不同程度的包容性。由于将劳动力市场细分作为一种宏观现象，是基于其微观基础（雇佣关系的条款和条件）进行研究的，这增加了有关将微观和宏观分析联系起来的持续辩论。