Asian Marriage Migrant Women’s Labor Market Participation: Korean Husbands’ Egalitarian Gender Role Attitudes and Resources

This study aims to analyze Asian marriage migrant women’s  participation in the labor market, focusing on the case of Korean husbands in Korea, who have an interaction effect between resources and couple’s gender role attitudes. Data on 4,610 couples consisting of Asian marriage migrant women and Korean husbands were extracted from the Survey on the Actual Conditions of Multicultural Families (2018). Logistic regression models and average marginal effects were tested. The results indicated that Asian marriage migrant women with high-income husbands who believe in gender egalitarianism have a negative impact on labor market participation, including the interaction effect of resources and gender role attitudes. The findings indicate that traditional gender divisions of labor are deeply rooted among Asian marriage migrant women and Korean husbands.