Using data from the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study, this paper compares the
partners of economically successful women with those of women who have
fared less well on the labor market. First, socioeconomic and attitudinal withincouple
homogamy is investigated. Second, hypotheses derived from social
capital theory and companionate theory are tested to examine how
socioeconomic and attitudinal characteristics of male partners are related to
women's economic success. Economically successful women tend to have
highincome
men, suggesting an accumulation of favorable material resources.
Men's supportive behavior rather than their attitudes contribute to their wives'
economic success