THE LONG-RUN EFFECT OF 9/11: TERRORISM, BACKLASH, AND THE ASSIMILATION OF MUSLIM IMMIGRANTS IN THE WEST

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Gould, Eric D.; Klor, Esteban F.
• 署名单位: Hebrew University of Jerusalem; IZA Institute Labor Economics; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12219
• 发表日期: 2016
• 页码: 2064-2114
• 关键词: suicide terrorism; UNITED-STATES; arab men; VIOLENCE; US; counterterrorism; intermarriage; transmission; CONFLICT; patterns

摘要

This article investigates whether the 9/11 attacks affected the assimilation rate of Muslims in the US. Terror attacks by Islamic groups are likely to induce a backlash against Muslims, thereby raising their costs of assimilation. We find that Muslim immigrants living in states with the sharpest increase in hate crimes also exhibit: greater chances of marrying within their own ethnic group; higher fertility; lower female labour force participation; and lower English proficiency. These findings shed light on the increasing use of terror and concurrent rise in social tensions surrounding Muslim immigrants in the West.