The effect of Brexit on hate crime and migration in the United Kingdom.

This project will provide causal evidence on the impact of Britain's vote to leave the European Union on changes in hate crime and migration patterns. Using an array of robust econometric techniques, we will consider these changes for the UK as a whole and its regions and investigate whether the effects are temporary or long lasting. Further analysis of other influential factors such as media and social media activity, labour market and socio-economic characteristics of the locality, ethnic and national diversity of the area will complement the main results.

Keywords:MIGRATION, CAUSALITY, BREXIT, HATE CRIME

Disciplines:Labour and demographic economics, Public economics, Data collection and data estimation methodology, computer programs