Chapter 23 Artists' Careers and Their Labor Markets

Handbook of the Economics of Art and Culture

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 813-864

  Alper, Neil O ^a   Wassall, Gregory H ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

artists; artists' careers; artists' earnings; artists' labor markets; National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979

Indexed keywords

EID: 66049131566     PISSN: 15740676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0676(06)01023-4     Document Type: Review

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