Previous analyses of the 2016 Brexit referendum used region-level data or small samples based on polling data. The former might be subject to ecological fallacy and the latter might suffer from small-sample bias. We use individual-level data on thousands of respondents in Understanding Society, the UK’s largest household survey, which includes the EU referendum question. We find that voting Leave is associated with older age, white ethnicity, low educational attainment, infrequent use of smartphones and the internet, receiving benefits, adverse health and low life satisfaction. These results coincide with corresponding patterns at the aggregate level of voting areas. We therefore do not find evidence of ecological fallacy. In addition, we s...
In April 2016 in two contributions to this blog Ron Johnston, Kelvyn Jones and David Manley predicte...
A quest to understand the decision of the UK to leave the European Union, Brexit, in the referendum ...
The outcome of the 2016 referendum on European Union membership took many by surprise and has contin...
Previous analyses of the 2016 Brexit referendum used region-level data or small samples based on pol...
On 23 June 2016, the British electorate voted to leave the European Union (EU). We analyse vote and ...
This paper investigates forces that shaped the decisions voters made in the June 23, 2016 referendum...
We analyse the voting pattern in the June 23rdreferendum on the continued participation of the Unite...
Why did Britain vote for Brexit? What was the relative importance of social class, age, and immigrat...
Why did Britain vote for Brexit? What was the relative importance of factors such as education, age,...
In their recent analysis, Ron Johnston, Kelvyn Jones and David Manley used a large body of YouGov po...
Individual demographics had a huge effect in determining the outcome of the referendum, but the char...
Why did Britain vote for Brexit and what was the relative importance of social class, age, and immig...
The UK’s EU in/out referendum raised significant debate and speculation of the intention of the elec...
The proposed book chapter will bring together regional economics and psychological perspectives in r...
In a recent Guardian article, Simon Jenkins suggested that voter decisions regarding the EU referend...
In April 2016 in two contributions to this blog Ron Johnston, Kelvyn Jones and David Manley predicte...
A quest to understand the decision of the UK to leave the European Union, Brexit, in the referendum ...
The outcome of the 2016 referendum on European Union membership took many by surprise and has contin...
Previous analyses of the 2016 Brexit referendum used region-level data or small samples based on pol...
On 23 June 2016, the British electorate voted to leave the European Union (EU). We analyse vote and ...
This paper investigates forces that shaped the decisions voters made in the June 23, 2016 referendum...
We analyse the voting pattern in the June 23rdreferendum on the continued participation of the Unite...
Why did Britain vote for Brexit? What was the relative importance of social class, age, and immigrat...
Why did Britain vote for Brexit? What was the relative importance of factors such as education, age,...
In their recent analysis, Ron Johnston, Kelvyn Jones and David Manley used a large body of YouGov po...
Individual demographics had a huge effect in determining the outcome of the referendum, but the char...
Why did Britain vote for Brexit and what was the relative importance of social class, age, and immig...
The UK’s EU in/out referendum raised significant debate and speculation of the intention of the elec...
The proposed book chapter will bring together regional economics and psychological perspectives in r...
In a recent Guardian article, Simon Jenkins suggested that voter decisions regarding the EU referend...
In April 2016 in two contributions to this blog Ron Johnston, Kelvyn Jones and David Manley predicte...
A quest to understand the decision of the UK to leave the European Union, Brexit, in the referendum ...
The outcome of the 2016 referendum on European Union membership took many by surprise and has contin...