Women are overrepresented in the bottom decile while the top income decile is dominated by men, but immigrant women are by far the most disadvantaged, with 18% in the bottom income decile, and almost half of them concentrated in the three lowest income deciles (49%). 

It is well known that women have, in general, a lower employment probability than men. The employment probability of immigrant women is 58%: immigrant women are 14 percentage points (or 19%) less likely than native women to have a job.

In most European countries immigrant women are more numerous than immigrant men. Where do they come from, and what are their characteristics?