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Artists Compared by Age, Sex, and Earnings in 1970 and 1976 : Research Division Report no. 12

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Publication:
Washington, D.C. : National Endowment for the Arts, 1980
54p.

Census data compared with the 1976 Survey of Income and Education to reveal the changes in the size and composition of America’s artist population during the 1970s.

Subjects:
Arts, American--20th century
Artists--United States--Economic conditions
Artists--Economic conditions

Artists in a Year of Recession : Impact on Jobs in 2008. Research Division Note no. 97

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Publication:
Washington, D.C. : National Endowment for the Arts, 2009
10p.

Artists are facing sharp increases in unemployment. In the fourth quarter of 2008, the artist unemployment rate reached 6.0 percent for a total of 129,000 unemployed artists.

Subjects:
Artists--Employment--United States
Arts--Economic aspects--United States

Artists in a Year of Recession : Impact on Jobs in 2008 (addendum)

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Publication:
Washington, D.C. : National Endowment for the Arts, 2010
6p.

An addendum to Research Note #97, which examines figures from 2009 as well as 2008 and the impact of the second year of the recession on artists.

Subjects:
Arts--Economic aspects--United States
Artists--Employment--United States

Artists in Metropolitan Areas – 1990 : Research Division Note no. 42

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Publication:
Washington, D.C. : National Endowment for the Arts, 1993
3p.

This note provides estimates based on the 1990 Census of Population for artist labor forces in the 30 metropolitan areas with the largest number of artists. The note also provides information on the 10 metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of artists in their labor forces.

Subjects:
Artists--Employment--United States
Artists--United States--Statistics

Artists in metropolitan areas – 1990

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Publication:
Washington, D.C. : National Endowment for the Arts, 1993
6p.
Subjects:
Artists--United States--Statistics

Artists in the Large Metropolitan Areas : Research Division Note no. 5

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Publication:
Washington, D.C. : National Endowment for the Arts, 1983
6p.

Analysis of data from the 1980 Census of Population for the 60 largest Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas where 65% of the American artist labor force lived in 1980.

Subjects:
Artists--United States
Artists--Employment--United States

Artists in the work force : employment and earnings, 1970 to 1990

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Contributors:
Alper, Neil, 1949-
National Endowment for the Arts
Publication:
Washington (D.C.) : Seven Locks Press, 1996
vii, 144 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Subjects:
Artists--Employment--United States
Artists--Salaries, etc--United States

Artists in the workforce: 1990-2005 : executive summary


Authors:
Gaquin, Dierdre
Contributors:
Bradshaw, Tom
National Endowment for the Arts
Publication:
Washington (D.C.) : National Endowment for the Arts, 2008
1 folded sheet : ill. ; 28 cm.

Summary of a report prepared by Deirdre Gaquin and Tom Bradshaw.

Subjects:
Artists--United States--Statistics
Arts--United States--Statistics
Occupational surveys--United States

Artists in the Workforce: 1990-2005

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Publication:
Washington, D.C. : National Endowment for the Arts, 2008
140p.

Artists in the Workforce: 1990-2005 is the first nationwide look at artists’ demographic and employment patterns in the 21st century. Artists in the Workforce analyzes working artist trends, gathering new statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau to provide a comprehensive overview of this workforce segment and its maturation over the past 30 years, along with detailed information on specific artist occupations.

Subjects:
Arts--Economic aspects--United States
Artists--Employment--United States

Artists in the Workforce: Employment and Earnings, 1970-1990 : Research Division Report no. 37

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Authors:
Alper, Neil O.
Wassall, Gregory H.
Contributors:
Jeffri, Joan
Greenblatt, Robert
Kay, Ann O.
Butcher, Stephyn G. W.
Chartrand, Harry Hillman
Publication:
Washington, D.C. : National Endowment for the Arts, 1996
144p.

This report examines employment and earnings trends in artist occupations from 1970 to 1990 using a variety of databases, including both large scale Federal surveys and smaller targeted surveys of artists groups. Alper, Wassall, Jeffri, Greenblatt, Kay, Butcher, and Chartrand.

Subjects:
Artists--Employment--United States