Did the September 11th attacks affect the Canadian labour market?

Michael Shannon

Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 115, issue 1, 91-93

Abstract: Difference-in-differences estimates of the effects of the September 11th attacks on labour market outcomes of Muslims are generated using 2001 and 2006 Canadian Census data. Little evidence of negative, significant impacts on employment, hours, weeks-worked or wages is found.

Keywords: Discrimination; Wages; Employment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J21 J30 J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.12.003

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