abstract: 'This study examines inequalities in labor market outcomes between

  ethnic-majority women and Muslim-minority women with a Moroccan or

  Turkish background in the Netherlands. It provides a comprehensive

  assessment of ethno-religious labor market gaps and investigates how a

  relatively broad range of explanatory factors are (differently) related

  to these gaps. We use nationally representative data from the

  Netherlands Longitudinal Lifecourse Study (2009), which oversamples

  minorities and contains high-quality measures of a comparatively broad

  array of potential explanations. Results reveal that Muslim-minority

  women less often have paid work, face longer job-search periods and hold

  lower status jobs than majority women. Interestingly, minority women

  work more hours than majority women in the Netherlands. These gaps are

  generally smaller for the second generation than the first generation.

  Our results show that human capital is a key factor that is associated

  with ethno-religious labor market gaps, but social capital, family

  features, gender role attitudes and veiling also play a role. Gaps in

  search duration and job status can be accounted for by these explanatory

  factors to a greater extent than those for paid work. Moreover,

  explanatory factors are related to the different gaps in different ways.'
affiliation: 'Blommaert, L (Corresponding Author), POB 9104, NL-6500 HE Nijmegen,
  Netherlands.

  Blommaert, Lieselotte; Spierings, Niels, Radboud Univ Nijmegen, Radboud Social \&
  Cultural Res, Dept Sociol, Nijmegen, Netherlands.'
author: Blommaert, Lieselotte and Spierings, Niels
author-email: l.blommaert@maw.ru.nl
author_list:
- family: Blommaert
  given: Lieselotte
- family: Spierings
  given: Niels
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.rssm.2019.01.005
eissn: 1878-5654
files: []
issn: 0276-5624
journal: RESEARCH IN SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND MOBILITY
keywords: Labor market; Women; Ethno-religious gaps; Netherlands
keywords-plus: 'GENDER-ROLE ATTITUDES; FORCE PARTICIPATION; ECONOMIC-PERFORMANCE;
  SOCIAL

  CONTACTS; MUSLIM WOMEN; EMPLOYMENT; DISCRIMINATION; IMMIGRANTS;

  2ND-GENERATION; EDUCATION'
language: English
month: JUN
number-of-cited-references: '74'
orcid-numbers: Spierings, Niels/0000-0002-3116-3262
pages: 38-51
papis_id: c9824a3292b93c59c20deec59f546c0f
ref: Blommaert2019examiningethnoreligi
researcherid-numbers: 'Blommaert, Lieselotte/M-9189-2019

  Spierings, Niels/H-9812-2016'
times-cited: '5'
title: Examining ethno-religious labor market inequalities among women in the Netherlands
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000470120000005
usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
usage-count-since-2013: '30'
volume: '61'
web-of-science-categories: Sociology
year: '2019'