TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Schüller, Simone
        TI  - The Effects of 9/11 on Attitudes Toward Immigration and the Moderating Role of Education
        PY  - 2012/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 7052
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp7052
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - immigration
KW  - attitudes
KW  - education
KW  - September 11
KW  - terrorism
        ER  -