Unemployment, reliance on factory jobs and low income explain Brexit

The Brexit vote represented a key moment for European integration. Sascha O. Becker, Thiemo Fetzer, and Dennis Novy examine it in great detail, using statistical analysis as a way to highlight which factors proved to be the strongest predictors of the ‘Vote leave’ share. Though their findings establish correlations, not causation, they nonetheless underscore the many complex issues that surfaced in the ‘Vote Leave’