Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq and the Socio-Economic Environment They Faced at Home: a Comparison of European Countries

Philip Verwimp

Working Papers ECARES from ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles

Abstract: The contribution looks at the gap in labour market and school outcomes between first and second generation migrants and non-migrants in European countries. It correlates these socio-economic data with the number of foreign fighters per million inhabitants. Far from offering a full, causal and micro-level model to understand the story completely, the contribution finds a clear and robust pattern across Europe.

Keywords: exclusion; labor markets; PISA test scores; europe; terrorism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 J70 O50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10 p.
Date: 2015-12
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