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The impact of the Brexit vote on young ethnic minorities' mental health

The impact of the Brexit vote on young ethnic minorities' mental health
The impact of the Brexit vote on young ethnic minorities' mental health
This paper examines the impact of the 2016 Brexit referendum on the mental health of young people from ethnic minority backgrounds in the UK. Using longitudinal data and a Difference-in-Differences design exploiting geographic variation in Leave-vote intensity, we compare individuals before and after the referendum. Mental health among UK-born ethnic minority youth deteriorated in areas with stronger Leave support, while no such effect appears for White
British youth. The findings highlight how political shocks and anti-immigration sentiment can undermine the wellbeing of second-generation minorities, deepening existing inequalities in a period of social and political polarisation.
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ESRC Centre for Population Change
Di Iasio, Valentina
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Giulietti, Corrado
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Wahba, Jackie
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Mcgowan, Teresa
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Di Iasio, Valentina
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Wahba, Jackie
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Mcgowan, Teresa
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Di Iasio, Valentina, Giulietti, Corrado and Wahba, Jackie , Mcgowan, Teresa (ed.) (2026) The impact of the Brexit vote on young ethnic minorities' mental health (ESRC Centre for Population Change Connecting Generations Working Paper Series, 112) ESRC Centre for Population Change 26pp.

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Abstract

This paper examines the impact of the 2016 Brexit referendum on the mental health of young people from ethnic minority backgrounds in the UK. Using longitudinal data and a Difference-in-Differences design exploiting geographic variation in Leave-vote intensity, we compare individuals before and after the referendum. Mental health among UK-born ethnic minority youth deteriorated in areas with stronger Leave support, while no such effect appears for White
British youth. The findings highlight how political shocks and anti-immigration sentiment can undermine the wellbeing of second-generation minorities, deepening existing inequalities in a period of social and political polarisation.

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Published date: 6 February 2026
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Local EPrints ID: 510093
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/510093
PURE UUID: 3e4ef180-a64a-46dd-8bde-349822935e6e
ORCID for Valentina Di Iasio: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9775-8306
ORCID for Corrado Giulietti: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2986-4438
ORCID for Jackie Wahba: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0002-3443
ORCID for Teresa Mcgowan: ORCID iD orcid.org/0009-0002-9231-3743

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Date deposited: 17 Mar 2026 18:01
Last modified: 18 Mar 2026 03:01

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Author: Valentina Di Iasio ORCID iD
Author: Corrado Giulietti ORCID iD
Author: Jackie Wahba ORCID iD
Editor: Teresa Mcgowan ORCID iD

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