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On 23 June 2016, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union (so-called 'Brexit'). This paper uses newly released information, from the Understanding Society data set, to examine the characteristics of individuals who were for and against Brexit. Two key findings emerge. First, unhappy...
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We provide causal evidence of the impact of the Brexit referendum vote on hate crime in the United Kingdom (UK). Using … Brexit referendum led to an increase in hate crime by around 15-25%. This effect was concentrated in the first quarter after … the referendum and was larger in areas that voted to leave the European Union (EU). We also provide evidence against the …
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There were large regional differentials in the Brexit vote. Most notably, the percentage voting to leave the EU ranged from 38% in Scotland and 40% in London to 59% in the East and West Midlands. Turnout also varied across Britain, from a low of 67% in Scotland to 77% in the South East and South...
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In this paper we examine three forms of regret in relation to the UK’s hugely significant referendum on EU membership … that was held in June 2016. These are, (i) whether leave voters at the referendum subsequently regretted their choice (in … individuals were more likely to indicate that it is everyone’s duty to vote following the referendum. We find evidence in favour …
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decision affected EU-UK migration patterns. We exploit the Brexit referendum as a natural experiment and employ a (synthetic … referendum made the UK a less attractive destination and that the EU migrants already in the UK were encouraged to obtain British …
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The UK's decision to leave the EU continues to have major economic, political and social implications. It is therefore unsurprising that the reasons behind Brexit have been widely discussed. However, whilst existing empirical evidence has tended to focus on specific factors, we undertake a...
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We construct a panel of satisfaction with democracy (SWD) and economic, institutional, and environmental variables for 1990-2001 for fifteen European countries. In this sample, controlling for a number of factors, we find that average SWD is higher where (1) there exists an energy / CO2 tax,...
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Asylum migration is a major societal challenge in the Western world affecting residents' policy preferences. We analyze the effects of newly hosting asylum seekers in a given municipality on local citizens' preferences in terms of migratory and redistributive policies as well as of support or...
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wellbeing around the time of the June 2016 EU membership Referendum in the UK (Brexit). We find that those reporting a … preference for leaving the EU were 0.14 points less satisfied with life pre-referendum, with both misery (life satisfaction below … 5) and job uncertainty significantly predicting the preference for a Leave vote. Post-referendum, those with leave …
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This paper explores the long run relationship between public and private investment in the euro area in terms of capital stocks and gross investment flows. Panel techniques ac-counting for international spillovers are employed. While private and public capital stocks are cointegrated, the...
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