of ethnic fractionalization on social capital over time. In addition we find evidence of the conflict theory and no …

Immigrants. Following the "epidemiological approach", we relate the probability of being employed in Italy for immigrant women …

There is evidence that women are more likely to live in poverty than men. Given the fact that the poor are more likely … to use welfare, it becomes useful to consider welfare usage among women. A-priori welfare programs are set up in such a … possibility among women and investigate if race/ethnicity and birthplace still have a role to play in the decision to use welfare …

Despite a steady increase in the number of self-employed women, the so-called gender gap has hardly diminished. Based …-induced employment breaks - which from a theoretical perspective go along with a loss of human capital - explain women's lower start …

activities. Women are relatively often and foreigners rarely represented in the start-up actvities of the service sector. …