Cultural capital: arts graduates, spatial inequality, and London's impact on cultural labour market

Kate Oakley, Daniel Laurison, Dave O'Brien and Sam Friedman

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Abstract: This paper looks at the degree to which spatial inequalities reinforce other forms of social inequality in cultural labour markets. It does so using the example of London, an acknowledged hub for the creative and cultural industries (CCIs). Using pooled data from 2013 - 2015 quarters of the UK Labour Force Survey we consider the social make-up of London’s cultural labour force, and reveal the extent to which, rather than acting as an ‘engine room’ of social mobility, London’s dominance in fact re-enforces social class disparities in cultural employment.

Keywords: cultural labour; inequality; arts education; London (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J01 R14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-11-01
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Published in American Behavioral Scientist, 1, November, 2017, 61(12), pp. 1510-1531. ISSN: 0002-7642

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