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The Independent:
Why did people really vote for Brexit? If we don't face the psychological reasons, we'll never bring Britain together

26 June 2016

Why did so many millions of people vote to leave the European Union? ... Some new research by the labour market economists Brian Bell and Stephen Machin, seen by The Independent, suggests the Leave vote tended to be bigger in areas of the country where wage growth has been weakest since 1997. This would seem to support the popular theory that this was essentially a giant protest vote against the political class by people who feel economically ''left behind'' in modern Britain.

This article was published by The Independent on June 26, 2016
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Brian Bell and Stephen Machin CEP publications webpage

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Brian Bell webpage
Stephen Machin webpage
Labour Markets Programme webpage

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