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The Independent:
Think you know why people actually voted for Brexit? Think again.

17 July 2016

The dominant narrative suggests it was a 'howl of pain' about immigration, stagnant wages and an out-of-control housing market - but figures suggest that's not really true
Statistical work by the labour economists Brian Bell and Stephen Machin suggests that areas where average wage growth have been weak for the past two decades were more likely to vote Leave.

This article was published in The Independent on July 17, 2016
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Related publications
Brexit and Wage Inequality, Brian Bell and Stephen Machin, CEP Brexit blog, August 4, 2016

Related links
Brian Bell webpage
Stephen Machin webpage
Labour Markets Programme webpage

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