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Since the inception of the field of cultural economics, researchers have sought to understand the unusual characteristics of the labor market for artists. In this paper, we attempt to reconcile the different explanations of the earnings of artists in the United States that have been advanced over the past fifteen years. As we will show, the differences in their explanations are often based on the use of different data sources. However, alternative theories about the underlying utility maximization process of artists as workers still exist.
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Wassall, G.H., Alper, N.O. (1992). Toward a Unified Theory of the Determinants of the Earnings of Artists. In: Towse, R., Khakee, A. (eds) Cultural Economics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77328-0_19
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