Did welfare policy reforms directly cause Brexit? That’s the conclusion in this article: “Tory austerity and welfare cuts directly caused Brexit, according to a ground-breaking new academic study.” The results in the new academic study, ‘Did Austerity Cause Brexit?‘, “suggest that the EU referendum could have resulted in a Remain victory had it not been […]
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New article in European Sociological Review: Welfare Retrenchments and Government Support
My article, ‘Welfare Retrenchments and Government Support: Evidence from a Natural Experiment’, is now published in the European Sociological Review (vol. 34, no. 1). The abstract sums up the content of the article: A large body of literature has provided mixed results on the impact of welfare retrenchments on government support. This article examines whether […]