On 23 June 2016, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union (so-called 'Brexit'). This paper uses newly … against Brexit. Two key findings emerge. First, unhappy feelings contributed to Brexit. However, contrary to commonly heard … feelings about his or her own financial situation. Second, despite some commentators' guesses, Brexit was not caused by old …

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 …

(henceforth, Brexit) has impacted international student applications in the United Kingdom. Using administrative data spanning … from 2013 through 2019, along with a quasi-experimental approach, we find evidence of Brexit curtailing the growth rate of … student exchanges to research, development and growth, further research on the implications of Brexit for UK universities and …

On February 20 2015 Irish Premier Enda Kenny confirmed that a "yes-no" referendum on same sex marriage would be held on … through a popular vote. Using hourly Google Search data one week prior to the Irish Referendum of May 22 2015 and a simple …