Kavetsos, G;
Kawachi, I;
Kyriopoulos, I;
Vandoros, S;
(2021)
The effect of the Brexit referendum result on subjective well-being*.
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society
, 184
(2)
pp. 707-731.
10.1111/rssa.12676.
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Abstract
We study the effect of the Brexit referendum result on subjective well-being in the United Kingdom. Using a quasi-experimental design, we find that the referendum’s outcome led to an overall decrease in subjective well-being in the United Kingdom compared to a control group. The effect is driven by individuals who hold an overall positive image of the European Union and shows little signs of adaptation during the Brexit transition period. Economic expectations are potential mechanisms of this effect.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The effect of the Brexit referendum result on subjective well-being* |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/rssa.12676 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/rssa.12676 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. © 2021 The Authors. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society) published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Royal Statistical Society |
| Keywords: | Brexit, election, happiness, referendum, subjective well-being |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10173523 |
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