In the aftermath of COVID-19, the scientific community has raised concerns about the potential long-term effects of the pandemic on the social inequalities in different life domains, like occupation, education, income,
and health. Life chances inequalities in these domains, indeed, prevent pursuing personal well-being and social cohesion, two objectives politically defined at the European level. For these reasons, the effects of the pandemic on inequalities are of great concern. Their study requires a multidimensional and intersectional approach: indeed, COVID-19 has deteriorated the conditions of the most fragile segments of the population, magnifying the interaction among gender, ethnicity, social background,
and human capital in defining access to several socially valuable resources. Although these processes of cumulative (dis)advantage have been buffered by generous social benefits in the immediate aftermath, today, after nearly the first lustrum from the pandemic, there is great concern about the worsening of social inequalities.