Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.48548/pubdata-1277
Resource typeWorking Paper
Title(s)Islamistic terror, the war on Iraq and the job prospects of Arab men in Britain: Does a country's direct involvement matter?
DOI10.48548/pubdata-1277
Handle20.500.14123/1340
CreatorBraakmann, Nils  0000-0002-7529-7764  132389231
AbstractThis paper examines whether the labor market prospects of Arab men in England are influenced by recent Islamistic terrorist attacks and the war on Iraq. We use data from the British Labour Force Survey from Spring 2001 to Winter 2006 and treat the terrorist attacks on the USA on September 11th, 2001, the Madrid train bombings on March 11th, 2004 and the London bombings on July 7th, 2005, as well as the beginning of the war on Iraq on March 20th, 2003, as natural experiments possibly having led to a change in attitudes toward Arab or Muslim men. Using treatment group definitions based on ethnicity, country of birth, current nationality, and religion, evidence from regression-adjusted di_erence-in-di_erences-estimators indicates that the real wages, hours worked and employment probabilities of Arab men were unchanged by the attacks. This finding is in line with prior evidence from Europe.
LanguageEnglish
KeywordsDiscrimination; Islamism; Terror; Employment; Wage; Diskriminierung; Islam; Politische Verfolgung; Beschäftigung
Year of publication in PubData2007
Publishing typeFirst publication
Publication versionPublished version
Date issued2007-12-21
Creation contextResearch
Published byMedien- und Informationszentrum, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
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