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Terrorism and Integration of Muslim Immigrants

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  • Ahmed Elsayed

    (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)

  • Andries de Grip

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. Despite the fact that prior to the attacks there was no evidence of the existence of a negative trend in the integration of Muslims, shortly after the attacks, Muslim immigrants’ perceived integration, as measured by various indicators, decreased significantly relative to that of non-Muslims . 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.

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  • Ahmed Elsayed & Andries de Grip, 2013. "Terrorism and Integration of Muslim Immigrants," Working Papers 783, Economic Research Forum, revised Oct 2013.
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    JEL classification:

    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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