Perceptions of Immigrants in Australia after 9/11
I use the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia to examine whether the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 (9/11) led to changes in perceptions of discrimination among Muslim immigrants and immigrants who fit the Muslim-Arab stereotype. I adopt a difference in differences approach and exploit the timing of interviews to identify the causal effect of 9/11 on perceptions. I find that consequent to 9/11, Muslim men and those who look like Muslims increasingly reported religious and racial intolerance and discrimination relative to other immigrants.
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2010
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Authors: | GOEL, DEEPTI |
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The Economic Record. - Economic Society of Australia - ESA, ISSN 1475-4932. - Vol. 86.2010, 275, p. 596-608
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Economic Society of Australia - ESA |
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