A behavioral economic analysis of excess entry in arts labor markets

Joshua Frank and Saeyoon Sohn

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2011, vol. 40, issue 3, 265-273

Abstract: Labor markets in the arts often have excessive supply. While economists have recognized that key reasons for excess entry are behavioral in nature, the issue has never been analyzed systematically or in depth. A behavioral economic approach is used to show how numerous known biases can lead to a larger number of entrants in arts markets than would occur in other markets. In addition, special attention is paid to unusual motivations for supplying labor. In particular, the role of intrinsic reward are broken down along with its implications on labor supply and product quality.

Keywords: Labor; supply; Bias; Arts; Intrinsic; reward; Quality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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