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Was Brexit caused by the unhappy and the old?
Liberini, Federica; Oswald, Andrew J.; Proto, Eugenio; … - 2017
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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Love thy neighbour? : Brexit and hate crime
Carr, Joel; Clifton-Sprigg, Joanna; James, Jonathan G.; … - 2020
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012322067
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The Brexit referendum and three types of regret
Drinkwater, Stephen J.; Jennings, Colin C. - 2021
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012596075
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A bad break-up? : assessing the effects of the 2016 Brexit referendum on migration
Clifton-Sprigg, Joanna; Homburg, Ines; James, Jonathan G.; … - 2023
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014366758
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Regional variations in the Brexit vote: causes and potential consequences
Blackaby, David; Drinkwater, Stephen J.; Robinson, Catherine - 2020
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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What mattered most in the Brexit vote? : evidence from detailed regression and decomposition analysis
Drinkwater, Stephen J.; Blackaby, David; Robinson, Catherine - 2024
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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Local-level immigration and life satisfaction : the EU enlargement experience in England and Wales
Ivlevs, Artjoms; Veliziotis, Michail - 2015
The 2004 European Union enlargement resulted in an unprecedented wave of 1.5 million workers relocating from Eastern Europe to the UK. We study how this migrant inflow affected life satisfaction of native residents in England and Wales. Combining the British Household Panel Survey with the Local...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011388106
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Who got the brexit blues? : using a quasi-experiment to show the effect of brexit on subjective wellbeing in the uk
Powdthavee, Nattavudh; Plagnol, Anke C.; Frijters, Paul; … - 2017
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011775929
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B for Brexit : a survey of the economics academic literature
Campos, Nauro - 2019
This paper surveys the economics academic literature on Brexit. It is organised in: pillars, channels, and consequences. The two building blocks to understand Brexit are the economic history of the UK-EU relationship and the literature on the political economy of globalisation and populism. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011978280
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Expecting Brexit and UK migration : should I go?
Di Iasio, Valentina; Wahba, Jackline - 2023
This paper examines the impact of the 2016 UK referendum and expecting Brexit on migration flows and net migration in … after the UK referendum of June 2016. We also investigate the potential secondary effects of the referendum on non …-EU migrants by using different methodologies and various robustness checks. Our results show that after the referendum (i …
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