Arts Research Quarterly
Spotlighting Secondary Data Analysis in the Arts
Issue 4, February 3, 2022
Arts Research Quarterly is a sampler of research articles on the arts ecosystem and on the arts’ value and impact for individuals and communities, based on data housed at NADAC and elsewhere. New issues are released quarterly. Arts Research Quarterly and NADAC are supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Featured Publications
From this article: Nonprofit organizations in the United States play a vital role delivering services, strengthening communities, and facilitating civic engagement. In our nationally representative survey of nonprofit organizations fielded January through April of 2021, we focus on operating 501(…
The Network Effect of Arts Incubators: A Geospatial Perspective
From this article: Although there has been a proliferation of metrics to evaluate arts incubators, the academic field is still developing. Different models and methods of education are applied to the complex phenomena of arts incubators; therefore, it is crucial to measure the effectiveness of ed…
- Block, Eryn Piper, Wong, Mitchell David, Kataoka, Sheryl Harumi, Zimmerman, Frederick J. (2021) A Symphony Within: Frequent Participation in Performing Arts Predicts Higher Positive Mental Health in Young Adults Social Science & Medicine Volume 292, January 2022
- Del Barrio Tellado, María José, Herrero Prieto, Luis César (2021) Let’s Dance! Measuring Efficiency in the Dance Sector January 2022
- Freeman, Michelle (2021) Time use of Millennials and Generation X: Differences Across Time Monthly Labor Review January 2022
- Cotter, Katherine N., Pawelski, James O. (2020) Art Museums as Institutions for Human Flourishing The Journal of Positive Psychology 19 December 2021
- Bonea, Jessica K., Bua, Feifei, Fluhartya, Meg E., Paula, Elise, Sonkeb, Jill K., Fancourta, Daisy (2020) Arts and Cultural Engagement, Reportedly Antisocial or Criminalized Behaviors, and Potential Mediators in Two Longitudinal Cohorts of Adolescents PsyArXiv December 09, 2021
- Sloane, Carolyn, M., Hurst, Erik G., Black, Dan A. (2020) College Majors, Occupations, and the Gender Wage Gap Journal of Economic Perspectives Volume 35, Number 4—Fall 2021
- Raudenská, Petra, Bašná, Kristýna (2020) Individual’s Cultural Capital: Intergenerational Transmission, Partner Effect, or Individual Merit? Poetics Volume 89, December 2021
- Gascon, Charles S., Jefferson, Nathan, Werner, Devin (2020) Leisure and Hospitality Sector’s Recovery Complicated by Delta Variant Regional Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis October 4, 2021
- Faulk, Lewis, Kim, Mirae, Derrick-Mills, Teresa, Boris, Elizabeth T., Tomasko, Laura, Hakizimana, Nora, Chen, Tianyu, Kim, Minjung, Nath, Layla (2020) Nonprofit Trends and Impacts 2021: National Findings on Donation Trends from 2015 through 2020, Diversity and Representation, and First-Year Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic Urban Institute October 2021
- Getzner, Michael (2020) Socio-Economic and Spatial Determinants of Municipal Cultural Spending Journal of Cultural Economics November 2021
- Renard, Stan, Zanella, Gianluca (2020) The Network Effect of Arts Incubators: A Geospatial Perspective Artivate: A Journal of Entrepreneurship in the Arts Volume 10, No. 2 Fall 2021
- Goldberg-Miller, Shoshanah B. D., Skaggs, Rachel (2020) The Story and the Data Using Narrative Policy Framework to Analyze Creative Economy Reports Artivate: A Journal of Entrepreneurship in the Arts Volume 10, No. 2 Fall 2021
- Airoldi, Massimo (2020) The Techno-Social Reproduction of Taste Boundaries on Digital Platforms: The Case of Music on YouTube Poetics Volume 89, December 2021
- Albinsson, Staffan (2020) Workers’ Access to Swedish Opera Houses and Concert Halls, 1898–2019 Journal of Cultural Economics November 2021
- Block, Eryn Piper, Wong, Mitchell David, Kataoka, Sheryl Harumi, Zimmerman, Frederick J. (2021) A Symphony Within: Frequent Participation in Performing Arts Predicts Higher Positive Mental Health in Young Adults Social Science & Medicine Volume 292, January 2022
- Del Barrio Tellado, María José, Herrero Prieto, Luis César (2021) Let’s Dance! Measuring Efficiency in the Dance Sector January 2022
- Freeman, Michelle (2021) Time use of Millennials and Generation X: Differences Across Time Monthly Labor Review January 2022
- Cotter, Katherine N., Pawelski, James O. (2020) Art Museums as Institutions for Human Flourishing The Journal of Positive Psychology 19 December 2021
- Bonea, Jessica K., Bua, Feifei, Fluhartya, Meg E., Paula, Elise, Sonkeb, Jill K., Fancourta, Daisy (2020) Arts and Cultural Engagement, Reportedly Antisocial or Criminalized Behaviors, and Potential Mediators in Two Longitudinal Cohorts of Adolescents PsyArXiv December 09, 2021
- Sloane, Carolyn, M., Hurst, Erik G., Black, Dan A. (2020) College Majors, Occupations, and the Gender Wage Gap Journal of Economic Perspectives Volume 35, Number 4—Fall 2021
- Raudenská, Petra, Bašná, Kristýna (2020) Individual’s Cultural Capital: Intergenerational Transmission, Partner Effect, or Individual Merit? Poetics Volume 89, December 2021
- Gascon, Charles S., Jefferson, Nathan, Werner, Devin (2020) Leisure and Hospitality Sector’s Recovery Complicated by Delta Variant Regional Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis October 4, 2021
- Faulk, Lewis, Kim, Mirae, Derrick-Mills, Teresa, Boris, Elizabeth T., Tomasko, Laura, Hakizimana, Nora, Chen, Tianyu, Kim, Minjung, Nath, Layla (2020) Nonprofit Trends and Impacts 2021: National Findings on Donation Trends from 2015 through 2020, Diversity and Representation, and First-Year Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic Urban Institute October 2021
- Getzner, Michael (2020) Socio-Economic and Spatial Determinants of Municipal Cultural Spending Journal of Cultural Economics November 2021
- Renard, Stan, Zanella, Gianluca (2020) The Network Effect of Arts Incubators: A Geospatial Perspective Artivate: A Journal of Entrepreneurship in the Arts Volume 10, No. 2 Fall 2021
- Goldberg-Miller, Shoshanah B. D., Skaggs, Rachel (2020) The Story and the Data Using Narrative Policy Framework to Analyze Creative Economy Reports Artivate: A Journal of Entrepreneurship in the Arts Volume 10, No. 2 Fall 2021
- Airoldi, Massimo (2020) The Techno-Social Reproduction of Taste Boundaries on Digital Platforms: The Case of Music on YouTube Poetics Volume 89, December 2021
- Albinsson, Staffan (2020) Workers’ Access to Swedish Opera Houses and Concert Halls, 1898–2019 Journal of Cultural Economics November 2021