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Pickard, Harry, Bove, Vincenzo and Efthyvoulou, Georgios (2022) You (Br)exit, I stay : the effect of the Brexit vote on internal migration. Political Geography, 95 . 102576. doi:10.1016/j.polgeo.2021.102576 ISSN 0962-6298.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2021.102576
Abstract
The profound divisions that emerged around the UK’s decision to leave the European Union have stimulated a heated debate on whether the referendum, by exposing intolerance and exacerbating societal tensions, has affected individuals’ choices. The UK is one of the most mobile societies in Europe, and internal migration plays a key role in national well-being and in the efficient functioning of the labour and housing markets. In this article, we examine the consequences of polarizing politics on individuals’ propensity to migrate internally. We show that, in the aftermath of the vote, individuals were less inclined to move when they were aligned with the Brexit preferences of their district. As ‘Remainers’ found themselves on the losing side, they were more likely than ‘Leavers’ to value the alignment to their district, given their ‘misalignment’ to the country. We also show that, when they do move, non-aligned individuals tend to relocate to a district to which they can then feel (re)aligned.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Migration, Internal -- Political aspects -- Great Britain, Group identity -- Political aspects -- Great Britain, European Union -- Great Britain | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Political Geography | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier Science Inc. | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0962-6298 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | May 2022 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 95 | ||||||||
| Article Number: | 102576 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.polgeo.2021.102576 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 22 December 2021 | ||||||||
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