TY - JOUR
T1 - Do immigrants import terrorism?
AU - Forrester, Andrew C.
AU - Powell, Benjamin
AU - Nowrasteh, Alex
AU - Landgrave, Michelangelo
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Kevin Grier, Jamie Bologna-Pavlik, Aaron Hedlund and four reviewers from the Center for Growth and Opportunity's working paper series, Daniel Houser, and two anonymous referees for helpful comments on prior drafts. Powell also thanks the Center for Growth and Opportunity for financial support.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019
PY - 2019/10
Y1 - 2019/10
N2 - The relationship between immigration and terrorism is an important public policy concern. Using bilateral migration data for 170 countries from 1990 to 2015, we estimate the relationship between levels of immigration and terrorism using an instrumental variables (IV) strategy based on the decades prior stocks of immigrants in destination countries. We specifically investigate rates of immigration from Muslim majority countries and countries involved in armed conflicts. We find no relationship between immigration and terrorism, whether measured by the number of attacks or victims, in destination countries.
AB - The relationship between immigration and terrorism is an important public policy concern. Using bilateral migration data for 170 countries from 1990 to 2015, we estimate the relationship between levels of immigration and terrorism using an instrumental variables (IV) strategy based on the decades prior stocks of immigrants in destination countries. We specifically investigate rates of immigration from Muslim majority countries and countries involved in armed conflicts. We find no relationship between immigration and terrorism, whether measured by the number of attacks or victims, in destination countries.
KW - F22
KW - F52
KW - Immigration
KW - J68
KW - Terrorism J61
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85070241172&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jebo.2019.07.019
DO - 10.1016/j.jebo.2019.07.019
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85070241172
VL - 166
SP - 529
EP - 543
JO - Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
JF - Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
SN - 0167-2681
ER -