The political economy of gender disparity in musical markets

Sam Cameron

Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2003, vol. 27, issue 6, 905-917

Abstract: This paper examines the role and functioning of women within the music industry from a broadly economic perspective which starts from standard notions of biological differences and theories of discrimination. Disparities in employment as a musician and output as a composer are considered. It is clear that female representation deviates considerably from parity. While conscious discrimination at the point of trade seems not to be a large factor in this, unconscious discrimination in early musical capital investment sets in motion a chain of events which limit female performance in musical markets. Copyright 2003, Oxford University Press.

Date: 2003
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