Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/27251 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 727
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
Gender role attitudes are well-known determinants of female labor supply. This paper examines the strength of those attitudes using time diaries on childcare, food management and religious activities provided by the British Time Use Survey. Given the low labor force participation of females from ethnic minorities, the role of ethnicity in forming those attitudes and influencing time spent for traditional female activities is of particular interest. The paper finds that white females in the UK have a higher probability to participate in the labor force than non-white females. Non-white females spend more time for religious activities and, to some extent, for food management than white females, while there are no ethnic differences for time spent on childcare. The ethnicity effect is also heterogenous across different socio-economic groups. Hence, cultural differences across ethnicities are significant, and do affect work behavior.
Subjects: 
Time use
ethnic minorities
gender
UK.
JEL: 
J22
J15
J16
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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