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.

本文通过调查德国的性别角色态度及其与劳动力市场行为的关系，为有关劳动力市场中持续存在的性别不平等问题的文献做出了贡献。根据德国小组研究“劳动力市场和社会保障”（PASS），采用纵向分析来检验性别角色态度和家庭环境对各种就业状态的影响。结果表明，性别角色态度对于劳动力市场行为至关重要，而且在不同家庭环境中男女之间存在差异。尽管单身男女的就业可能性没有显着差异，但夫妻家庭中的妇女在劳动力市场上的活跃度低于男性。此外，有子女的夫妇在就业方面的差异最大。