Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/69432 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 7052
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The major event of the 9/11 terror attacks is likely to have induced an increase in anti-immigrant and anti-foreigner sentiments, not only among US residents but also beyond US borders. Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and exploiting exogenous variation in interview timing throughout 2001, I find that the terror attacks in the US caused an immediate shift of around 40 percent of one within standard deviation to more negative attitudes toward immigration and resulting in a considerable decrease in concerns over xenophobic hostility among the German population. Furthermore, in exploiting within-individual variation this quasi-experiment provides evidence on the role of education in moderating the negative terrorism shock.
Subjects: 
immigration
attitudes
education
September 11
terrorism
JEL: 
F22
I21
J61
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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