Women remain underrepresented in the labour market. Although significant advancements are being made to increase female participation in the workforce, the gender gap is still far from being bridged. We contribute to the growing literature on gender inequalities in the labour market, evaluating the potential of the LinkedIn estimates to monitor the evolution of the gender gaps sustainably, complementing the official data sources. In particular, assessing the labour market patterns at a subnational level in Italy. Our findings show that the LinkedIn estimates accurately capture the gender disparities in Italy regarding sociodemographic attributes such as gender, age, geographic location, seniority, and industry category. At the same time, we assess data biases such as the digitalisation gap, which impacts the representativity of the workforce in an imbalanced manner, confirming that women are under-represented in Southern Italy. Additionally to confirming the gender disparities to the official census, LinkedIn estimates are a valuable tool to provide dynamic insights; we showed an immigration flow of highly skilled women, predominantly from the South. Digital surveillance of gender inequalities with detailed and timely data is particularly significant to enable policymakers to tailor impactful campaigns.

翻译：女性在劳动力市场中的代表性仍然不足。尽管在提高女性劳动力参与率方面取得了显著进展，但性别差距依然远未消除。我们为劳动力市场性别不平等领域日益增多的文献做出贡献，评估了领英估算在可持续监测性别差距演变方面的潜力，作为官方数据源的补充。具体而言，我们评估了意大利次国家级区域的劳动力市场模式。我们的研究结果表明，领英估算能准确捕捉意大利在社会人口属性（如性别、年龄、地理位置、资历和行业类别）方面的性别差异。同时，我们评估了数据偏差，例如数字化差距——这种偏差以不平衡的方式影响劳动力代表性，并证实了意大利南部女性代表性不足的现象。除了确认官方统计数据中存在的性别差异外，领英估算还是提供动态洞察的宝贵工具：我们发现高技能女性的移民流入主要来自南部。利用详细且及时的数据对性别不平等进行数字监测，对于使政策制定者能够制定具有影响力的针对性政策尤为重要。