Working Paper: CEPR ID: DP13070
Authors: Kathryn Graddy; Karol Jan Borowiecki
Abstract: In order to investigate the role of immigrant artists on the development of artistic clusters in U.S. cities, we use the US Census and American Community Survey, collected every 10 years since 1850. We identify artists and art teachers, authors, musicians and music teachers, actors and actresses, architects, and journalists, their geographical location and their status as a native or an immigrant. We look at the relative growth rate of the immigrant population in these occupations over a ten year period and how it affects the relative growth rate of native-born individuals in these artistic occupations. We find that cities that experienced immigrant artist inflows also see a greater inflow of native artists.
Keywords: immigration; artists; artistic occupations
JEL Codes: J4; J6; N3; N9; Z1
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| Relative growth of immigrant artists (J69) | Relative growth of native artists (Z11) |
| Relative growth of immigrant artists (J69) | Relative growth of native artists (Z11) |