Clusters

	Clusters
Categorizing Indicators:	To capture the various dimensions of any form of security, three types of indicators are developed: Input indicators are the national and international instruments and rules necessary to protect workers. These are identified, for instance, as the existence of basic laws or ratified ILO Conventions on work-related hazards, unfair dismissal, the right to organize, etc. Process indicators are the mechanisms or resources through which such "input" principles and rules are realized. Examples are the level of public expenditure on a particular form of security, the existence of labour inspectors, and the existence of labour-related tripartite boards. Outcome indicators are the elements that provide a measure of whether the Input and Process indicators appear to be effective, notably in ensuring protection to workers. For example, outcome indicators would assess the proportion of workers effectively protected, participating in collective agreements, or receiving benefits or pensions.
A family of SES indexes	The SES Programme has built indexes for each of the seven forms of work-related security, concluding with a composite Economic Security Index. For presentation purposes, for each index, countries are classified in four clusters, designated Pacesetters, Pragmatists, Conventionals and Much-to-be-Done.
Pacesetters	\|	Pragmatists	\|	Conventionals	\|	Much to be done
The Pacesetters are those countries that have high scores on the index in question, with a score for that index above (or equal to) the sixth decile level. Countries in this cluster must also have a score above the sixth decile for all three Input, Process and Outcome sub-indexes.		The Pragmatists are those countries that have high scores for the Outcome sub-index (i.e., above the sixth decile value) but a lower value for either the Input or Process sub-index or both.		The Conventionals are those countries with high values for the Input and Process sub-indexes but with unsatisfactory levels of the Outcome sub-index		The Much-to-be-Done cluster consists of countries with low values for all three sub-indexes.
	Countries in any one cluster do not necessarily have the same scores. It is therefore possible to differentiate between countries in the same cluster. It is also possible that a country classified, for example, as Pragmatist has a higher overall score than one classified as Pacesetter. In this example, it would mean that the Pragmatist country is providing more security, but contrary to the Pacesetter, does not have satisfactory scores in all dimensions, perhaps having poorly developed Input or Process dimensions, or both.

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