Brexit is Unlikely to Provide Answers to Governance Problems Under Globalisation

Kostadinova, Valentina

doi:10.1111/ecaf.12219

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“…Researchers are still debating the reasons for the Leave votes, variously blaming the austerity policies that followed the 2008 financial crisis (Dorling ), a cultural backlash against progressive value changes (Inglehart and Norris ), missing information from the government about the economic consequences of Brexit (Welfens ), or socioeconomic background and identity politics (NatCen Social Research ). It has also been argued that referenda provide an opportunity between regular elections for the electorate to express dissatisfaction with the incumbent government (Ryan ), so that they become a protest vote (Kostadinova ).…”

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Who Got the Brexit Blues? The Effect of Brexit on Subjective Wellbeing in the UK

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We use the 2015–16 waves of the UK Household Longitudinal Study (Understanding Society) to look at subjective wellbeing around the time of the June 2016 EU membership Referendum in the UK (Brexit). We employ measures of both evaluative and affective wellbeing, namely life satisfaction and mental distress, respectively. We find that those reporting lower life satisfaction in 2015 were more likely to express a preference for leaving the EU in 2016, while mental distress was less predictive of pro‐Brexit attitudes. Post‐Referendum, those with Leave preferences enjoyed an increase in life satisfaction but there was no change in average life satisfaction in the overall sample. In contrast, the average level of mental distress increased in the sample post‐ Referendum, with no significant difference between those preferring to remain in or to leave the EU. We test the robustness of our results by considering a number of potential caveats, such as sample selection, unobserved individual fixed effects and the interval between interviews. Overall, our results suggest that levels of subjective wellbeing may be both a cause and a result of the 2016 Brexit vote.

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Who Got the Brexit Blues? The Effect of Brexit on Subjective Wellbeing in the UK

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“…consequences of Brexit (Welfens, 2016), or socio-economic background and identity politics (NatCen Social Research, 2016). It has also been argued that referenda provide an opportunity between regular elections for the electorate to express dissatisfaction with the incumbent government (Ryan, 2016), so that they become a protest vote (Kostadinova, 2017).…”

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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

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Globalization Is Dead: Long Live the Globalization!?

Marginean

2018

Emerging Issues in the Global Economy

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Brexit is Unlikely to Provide Answers to Governance Problems Under Globalisation

Cited by 4 publications

References 11 publications

Who Got the Brexit Blues? The Effect of Brexit on Subjective Wellbeing in the UK

Who Got the Brexit Blues? The Effect of Brexit on Subjective Wellbeing in the UK

Who Got the Brexit Blues? Using a Quasi-Experiment to Show the Effect of Brexit on Subjective Wellbeing in the UK

Globalization Is Dead: Long Live the Globalization!?

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