Destruction and Distress: Using a Quasi‐Experiment to Show the Effects of the September 11 Attacks on Mental Well‐Being in the United Kingdom

Robert Metcalfe (), Nattavudh Powdthavee and Paul Dolan

Economic Journal, 2011, vol. 121, issue 550, F81-F103

Abstract: Using a longitudinal household panel dataset in the UK, where a significant proportion of the interviews are conducted in September each year, we are able to show that the attacks of September 11 resulted in lower levels of subjective well-being for those interviewed after that date in 2001 compared with those interviewed before it. This quasi‐experiment provides one of the first examples of the impact of a terrorist attack in one country on well‐being in another country.

Date: 2011
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