Female labor force participation (FLFP) rates often vary across ethnic groups.
This study examined the role of the partner's labor market resources and gender
role attitudes for FLFP in different ethnic groups. Cross-sectional data of
women in partnerships from the four biggest immigrant groups in the Netherlands
and from a native Dutch control group were analyzed. Traditional gender role
attitudes of partners were negatively related to FLFP and partly explained
ethnic differences therein. Moreover, across all groups, the relation between
partners’ labor market resources and FLFP was more negative for traditional
women and rather absent for egalitarian women.
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