@article{ref1,
title="Should I stay or should I go? The effect of London's terrorist attack on the educational choices of Muslims",
journal="SERIEs",
year="2023",
author="Astorga-Rojas, Diego",
volume="14",
number="3-4",
pages="463-501",
abstract="This paper evaluates how the July 2005 London terrorist attacks affected Muslim teenagers' education plans and decisions. The attacks triggered a violent backslash against the Muslim community, which could have affected their incentives to continue in full-time education. I examine panel data on educational attitudes from the &quot;Next Steps&quot; Survey in England and use the month the survey was administered to divide individuals into treatment and control groups. I find that the attacks negatively affected the education plans of Muslims, but not those of any other major religious group. The probability of planning to continue in non-compulsory full-time education decreased by around 4.4% points for Muslims after the attacks. This corresponds to a 69% increase in individuals who were not sure whether to continue or drop out of full-time education. However, this change in plans appears to be a temporary reaction, since it did not affect students' actual decisions two years later.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1869-4187",
doi="10.1007/s13209-023-00282-2",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13209-023-00282-2"
}