Gender Role Attitudes and Labour Market Behaviours: Do Attitudes Contribute to Gender Differences in Employment in Germany?

Torsten Lietzmann and Corinna Frodermann
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Torsten Lietzmann: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Germany
Corinna Frodermann: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Germany

Work, Employment & Society, 2023, vol. 37, issue 2, 373-393

Abstract: This article contributes to the literature on persistent gender inequalities in the labour market by investigating gender role attitudes in Germany and their association with labour market behaviour. Based on the German Panel Study ‘Labour Market and Social Security’ (PASS), longitudinal analyses are applied to examine the influence of gender role attitudes and the household context on various employment states. The results reveal that gender role attitudes are crucial for labour market behaviour and that there are differences among women and men in different household contexts. Whereas single men and women do not differ significantly in their employment probabilities, women in couple households are less active in the labour market than their male counterparts. Furthermore, differences in employment are largest in couples with children. Among women, differences in full-time employment by household context become smaller when these women hold egalitarian attitudes.

Keywords: gender; gender differences; gender role attitudes; labour market participation; multivariate quantitative methods; panel data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1177/09500170211011318

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