Voting to leave: economic insecurity and the Brexit vote

Halikiopoulou, D. and Vlandas, T. (2018) Voting to leave: economic insecurity and the Brexit vote. In: Leruth, B., Startin, N. and Usherwood, S. (eds.) The Routledge handbook of Euroscepticism. Routledge Handbooks. Routledge, Abindon, pp. 444-455. ISBN 9781138784741

Abstract/Summary

This chapter focuses on the political economy of the Brexit vote. It contributes to the debate on British Euroscepticism by examining the impact of economic insecurity. More specifically we explore the determinants of individual support for Brexit by focusing on several factors relating to economic insecurity that have all received significant attention in broader political economy debates including income, occupation, unemployment, poverty and the level and type of education. Our analysis pays particular attention to the labour market position of individuals and the labour market risks they face as we want to examine whether- and if so how- the risk of being unemployed, the risk of being in poverty and housing risk have influenced support for Brexit. We also investigate the impact of income level and source, of being in low skill occupations in areas where immigration has been particularly salient, and of having studied a higher education degree that is ‘protective’ (medicine or law).

Additional Information	Although published 01/08/2017 the copyright date inside the book is 2018
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Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Politics, Economics and International Relations > Politics and International Relations
Additional Information	Although published 01/08/2017 the copyright date inside the book is 2018
Publisher	Routledge
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