The Impact of Brexit on Unemployment In The United Kingdom Using Synthetic Control Method

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://reference-global.com/article/10.2478/sues-2025-0007" target="_blank" >https://reference-global.com/article/10.2478/sues-2025-0007</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/sues-2025-0007" target="_blank" >10.2478/sues-2025-0007</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Impact of Brexit on Unemployment In The United Kingdom Using Synthetic Control Method

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) (known as "Brexit") represented a challenge for labor markets on both sides. Hence, the aim of our paper is to assess the impact of this event on the unemployment rate in the UK. Specifically, the paper assesses the difference between unemployment in the UK after Brexit and unemployment in the UK in case the UK would have remained in the EU. Moreover, it identifies economic factors that influenced the monthly unemployment in the UK in the long and short run since the official Brexit happened in February 2020. The paper applies the synthetic control method for the data from the period 1995-2022 under three types of donor pools: a sample that includes all the Old EU Member States (EU Member States prior to the 2004 Enlargement), a similar sample that excludes Spain and Greece and a pool based only on the EU neighbors of the UK. The sample based only on the EU neighbors provides the most accurate results and indicates a lower, but non-significant unemployment in the absence of Brexit compared to the real situation. On the other hand, there is a long-run relationship from inflation and economic growth to unemployment in the period between February 2020 and December 2022, while inflation acts as a factor that reduces unemployment.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Impact of Brexit on Unemployment In The United Kingdom Using Synthetic Control Method

Popis výsledku anglicky

The withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) (known as "Brexit") represented a challenge for labor markets on both sides. Hence, the aim of our paper is to assess the impact of this event on the unemployment rate in the UK. Specifically, the paper assesses the difference between unemployment in the UK after Brexit and unemployment in the UK in case the UK would have remained in the EU. Moreover, it identifies economic factors that influenced the monthly unemployment in the UK in the long and short run since the official Brexit happened in February 2020. The paper applies the synthetic control method for the data from the period 1995-2022 under three types of donor pools: a sample that includes all the Old EU Member States (EU Member States prior to the 2004 Enlargement), a similar sample that excludes Spain and Greece and a pool based only on the EU neighbors of the UK. The sample based only on the EU neighbors provides the most accurate results and indicates a lower, but non-significant unemployment in the absence of Brexit compared to the real situation. On the other hand, there is a long-run relationship from inflation and economic growth to unemployment in the period between February 2020 and December 2022, while inflation acts as a factor that reduces unemployment.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

STUDIA UNIVERSITATIS VASILE GOLDIS ARAD SERIA STIINTE ECONOMICE

ISSN

1584-2339

e-ISSN

1584-2339

Svazek periodika

35

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

27

Strana od-do

38-64

Kód UT WoS článku

001468930800005

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105003638737