May I have this dance? Dance participation and attendance in Denmark

Karol Borowiecki and Catarina Marvao ()

Economic Papers from Trinity College Dublin, Economics Department

Abstract: Dancing may be one of the most competitive professions available career-wise, but it is also associated with various positive externalities. Despite the importance of dancing, there is only limited understanding of the profiles of dancers and dance audiences. We fill the gap in the literature by exploiting survey data on cultural preferences and habits in Denmark for 2004. Our approach allows us to identify the socio-economic background of dancers as well as their involvement in other cultural activities. Among other factors, we note that dancers are more frequent attendees at dance performances, have typically lower income and tend to read more, play more video games and visit art exhibits more often. We are further able to disentangle the sample of dancers into various types of dances, allowing so interesting insights on the differences across dancers.

Keywords: Dance; cultural preferences; welfare; competitiveness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A12 I31 Z11 Z20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 15 pages
Date: 2016-11
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Related works:
Working Paper: Dance Participation and Attendance in Denmark (2015)
Working Paper: Dance Participation and Attendance in Denmark (2015)
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