Executive summary -- NEA research on artist occupations -- Artist occupation data -- The artist workforce over time -- Geographic trends -- Demographic trends -- Employment and income -- Artist profiles -- Guide to tables and terms -- Tables -- Appendix A : Census occupation codes, 1990 and 2000...

It is estimated that only 5% of musicians in Italy are regularly employed. In an attempt at understanding such a peculiar situation, we build a theoretical model of the musicians' labour market in which we embed the main institutional features of the Italian system. We notice how the presence of...