We leverage the British Brexit referendum decision to leave European Union, demonstrate how changes in uncertainty about a country's future socio-political condition can impact migratory behaviour. Using official bilateral migration statistics, we report an excess increase from UK EU of approximately 16% post-referendum, compared movements between remaining countries over same period. In additi...

One consequence of the EU-referendum’s pro-Brexit outcome was a renewed call for Scottish independence. Supporting this can be construed as form collective action Scots may engage in. However, also consider individual mobility strategies including - in extreme cases emigration. The current research investigated how identity-dynamics relate to these i...