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The Impact of the London Bombings on the Well‐Being of Adolescent Muslims *
Author(s) -
Hole Arne Risa,
Ratcliffe Anita
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the scandinavian journal of economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.725
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1467-9442
pISSN - 0347-0520
DOI - 10.1111/sjoe.12379
Subject(s) - happiness , exploit , islam , demographic economics , scale (ratio) , political science , criminology , economics , sociology , history , law , geography , computer security , cartography , archaeology , computer science
We exploit the timing of the London bombings of July 2005, coinciding with a large‐scale national survey of adolescents, to identify the impact of extremist Islamic terror attacks on the well‐being of adolescent Muslims. Our analysis reveals interesting gender differences. We find evidence of a decline in the happiness of Muslim teenage girls after the bombings, which is also accompanied by a rise in expectations of facing discrimination in the labour market. These findings are robust to several falsification tests. However, we fail to uncover compelling evidence of any impact of the bombings on Muslim teenage boys.