Abstract
Using a difference-in-difference framework and micro data from the Current Population Surveys (1996 - 2006), this paper estimates the impact that the September 11th terrorist attacks had on the quality of life of immigrants with nativity profiles similar to the terrorist. To provide a comprehensive evaluation of the attacks on Muslim immigrants, this paper studies not only the labor market outcomes such as employment, wage and total family income, but also explores the access and utilization of various health and social welfare and the education attainment of young Muslim immigrants. The basic DID estimators find a negative impact of the 9/11 event on various outcome variables. The paper then extends the basic DID to an event study that exams the evolution of impacts over a median period of time. The event study finds that the impacts mitigate slightly over time but persist two to four years after the event.
How to Cite
Shamel, D., (2021) “The Quality of Life of Muslim Immigrants After the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks”, Capstone, The UNC Asheville Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship 34(1).
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