Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/80608 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 7530
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We study the effect that a series of fundamentalist-Islamic terrorist attacks in Europe had on the attitudes of Muslim immigrants in the Netherlands towards integration. Shortly after the attacks, Muslim immigrants' perceived integration, as measured by various indicators, decreased significantly relative to that of non-Muslims immigrants whereas there is no evidence for the existence of a negative trend in the integration of Muslims prior to the terrorist attacks. We further show that terrorism has a particularly negative impact on the integration of the highly educated, employed, and less religious Muslims - those who arguably have a strong potential for integration.
Subjects: 
terrorism
integration
Muslim immigrants
JEL: 
F22
J15
Z13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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