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How Should Cultural Diversity be Measured? An Application using the French Publishing Industry

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  • Françoise Benhamou

    (CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Stéphanie Peltier

    (CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

Despite the fuzzy nature of the concept of cultural diversity, it remains a core issue in several debates (WTO, European Constitution, etc.). In this paper we propose a framework to assess cultural diversity that relies on a three-criterion analysis: variety, balance and disparity. We also introduce a distinction between supplied and consumed diversity. To test this framework, we have studied cultural diversity in the French book industry over the period 1990-2003. Our main results are that the situation of the publishing industry in terms of cultural diversity is highly dependent on the criteria considered. Hence, when variety is the sole consideration, diversity increases. However, taking balance and disparity into account rather leads to the opposite conclusion

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  • Françoise Benhamou & Stéphanie Peltier, 2007. "How Should Cultural Diversity be Measured? An Application using the French Publishing Industry," Post-Print halshs-00193851, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-00193851
    DOI: 10.1007/s10824-007-9037-8
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    3. Ursprung, Heinrich W., 2021. "Financial returns to collecting rare political economy books," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 70(C).
    4. Françoise Benhamou & Nathalie Moureau, 2007. "L'économiste et la question du goût. Intégration ou dénégation d'un concept ?," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) halshs-00195113, HAL.
    5. Aday Hernandez & Juan Luis Jimenez, 2011. "Do supermarkets reduce the number of traditional bookshops? An empirical application to the textbook market in Spain," ACEI Working Paper Series AWP-02-2011, Association for Cultural Economics International, revised Jul 2011.
    6. Sjaak Braster & Jaap Dronkers, 2013. "The positive effects of ethnic diversity in class on the educational performance of pupils in a multi-ethnic European metropole," RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series 1318, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM).
    7. Fernández Blanco, Víctor & Prieto Rodríguez,Juan, 2009. "Análisis de los hábitos de lectura como una decisión económica/," Estudios de Economia Aplicada, Estudios de Economia Aplicada, vol. 27, pages 113-138, Abril.

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