Growth, accessibility and the distribution of arts activity in the United States: 1980 to 1990

James Heilbrun

Journal of Cultural Economics, 1996, vol. 20, issue 4, 283-296

Abstract: Using data on the location of artists by state as a proxy for the location of artistic activity, this paper shows that from 1980 to 1990 the arts grew rapidly and became more dispersed, reversing a trend toward greater concentration during the 1970s. Accessibility increased as the ratio of artists to population rose in most states. Nevertheless, enormous inter-state variation in that ratio remains. The second part of the paper examines the determinants of artist location at the state level. The equations estimated for both years prove to have a high degree of explanatory power. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1996

Keywords: location of artistic activity; dispersion; outreach; states (of the U.S.) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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