The effect of migration on terror: Made at home or imported from abroad?

被引:17
作者
Dreher, Axel [1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ,5 ]
Gassebner, Martin [4 ,5 ,6 ]
Schaudt, Paul [7 ]
机构
[1] Heidelberg Univ, Dept Econ, Heidelberg, Germany
[2] Univ Goettingen, Gottingen, Germany
[3] CEPR, London, England
[4] CESifo, Munich, Germany
[5] KOF Swiss Econ Inst, Zurich, Switzerland
[6] Leibniz Univ Hannover, Inst Macroecon, Hannover, Germany
[7] Univ St Gallen, Dept Econ, St Gallen, Switzerland
来源
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS-REVUE CANADIENNE D ECONOMIQUE | 2020年 / 53卷 / 04期
关键词
TRANSNATIONAL TERRORISM; INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM; NATURAL DISASTERS; IMMIGRATION; DETERMINANTS; CONFLICT; EDUCATION; POLICIES; REFUGEE; INCOME;
D O I
10.1111/caje.12469
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
We analyze how a country's immigrant population-defined as the stock of people born abroad-affects the probability of a terrorist attack in the host country. Using data for 20 OECD host countries and 183 countries of origin over the 1980-2010 period our OLS and 2SLS regressions show that the probability that immigrants from a specific country of origin conduct a terrorist attack in their host country increases with a larger number of foreigners from such countries living there. However, this scale effect does not differ from the effect domestic populations have on domestic terror. We find scarce evidence that terror is systematically imported from countries with large Muslim populations or countries where terror networks prevail. Policies that exclude foreigners already living in a country increase rather than reduce the risk that foreign populations turn violent, and so do terrorist attacks against foreigners in their host country. Highly skilled migrants are associated with a significantly lower risk of terror compared with low skilled ones, while there is no significant difference between foreign-born men and women. Resume L'effet de l'immigration sur le terrorisme: pur produit domestique ou importe de l'etranger?Dans cet article, nous analysons la facon dont la population immigree d'un pays, c'est a dire la population nee a l'etranger, a une incidence sur la probabilite d'une attaque terroriste dans le pays d'accueil. En s'appuyant sur les donnees de 20 pays d'accueil de l'OCDE et 183 pays d'origine, nos regressions a moindres carres ordinaire (MCO) et a doubles moindres carres (2SLS) montrent que la probabilite que des immigrants d'un pays d'origine particulier commettent une attaque terroriste dans leur pays d'accueil augmente des lors que la population immigree de meme nationalite est importante au sein du meme pays. Neanmoins, cet effet d'echelle ne differe en rien de celui que peut avoir les populations nationales sur le terrorisme local. Nous n'avons pas degage de preuves evidentes corroborant le fait que le terrorisme est systematiquement importe de pays a vaste population musulmane ou de pays ou regnent de nombreux reseaux terroristes. Les politiques excluant les etrangers vivant deja dans un pays ont plutot tendance a augmenter le risque que cette population ne se tourne vers la violence que de le reduire, et il en va de meme pour les attaques terroristes visant les etrangers dans leur pays d'accueil. En matiere de terrorisme, les immigrants hautement qualifies sont associes a un risque sensiblement moindre que les immigrants peu qualifies, et il n'y a pas de difference significative entre les hommes et les femmes nes a l'etranger.
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页码:1703 / 1744
页数:42
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