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Precariousness and Artists: the Spanish Case

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  • Jabier Martinez Lopez

    (University of Deusto, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain)

  • Arturo Cancio Ferruz

    (University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain)

Abstract

Our research focuses on the labour conditions of the artistic sector, based on the surveys the Spanish National Institute of Statistics (INE) publishes on a periodical basis, informing about socio-economic data regarding the type of contracts, economic activity and earned incomes in the general labour market. We analyse the distribution of salaries, the number of working hours and the kind of contracts for the sector of activity of the artists through a series of statistics and use of web microdata forms as defined by the 2014 Wage Structure Poll (EES-14) as a primary unit of analysis. We obtain empirical evidence of an actual precarious artistic life and demonstrate that the values characterising the right to lead a life with dignity are substantially lower in the so-called creative industries than the ones in other professional fields.

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  • Jabier Martinez Lopez & Arturo Cancio Ferruz, 2017. "Precariousness and Artists: the Spanish Case," Business & Management Compass, University of Economics Varna, issue 3, pages 236-251.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrn:journl:y:2017:i:3:p:236-251
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    Keywords

    precariousness; labour market; artists; Spain;
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    JEL classification:

    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • J41 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Labor Contracts
    • Z11 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economics of the Arts and Literature

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