Employment and Earnings of Performing Artists, 1970-1990. Draft Report, May 1995 (original) (raw)
Major data sources are described. I. summary of findings indicates that during the period from 1970-1990: (1) performing artists as a work force grew 507. faster than the national labor forc-; (2) intermittent work periods, which are characteristic of the periorming arts profession, increases the likelihood that the number of this labor force is being undercounted; (3) performers' unemployment rates consistently exceed the national average and long-term unemployment and frequent cycles between employment hampers the full utilization of this work force; (4) technologies which substitute for live performances have affected employment in the performing arts industry; (5) performers as a group increased their income levels, but gains are not equally shared and earning levels depend on the type of work performers do; and (6) performing artists tend to cluster in the West and Northwest of the United States, areas which also have the highest rate of unemployment for performing artists. An increase in the work force in the South is a significant trend. Recommendations are given for improved data collection. An appendix includes discussions about general economic and technical issues, an annotated bibliography, and data tables produced from the Additional thanks are due Tony Phipps of SAG and Pam Varricchio and Tony Andretta of Standard Data Corporation, who drew the data we needed from the pension records of the three actor unions. Thanks are also appropriate for Bill Di Paulo of Abruzzi Corporation who transferred the Artist Extract Files from tape to disk. Tom Bailey assisted us with research. We also wish to acknowledge the continuing support we received from Tom Bradshaw, director of the Endowment's Research Division, who oversaw our work and ensured our access to the Artist Extract Files as well as published studies and draft reports.
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