This chapter is a continuation of ongoing work by economists and others on artists' labor markets and careers. It … highlights the use of quasi-panel data obtained from census data to examine the employment and earnings of artists while … artists' careers from true panel data. Quasi-panels from the seven most recent US censuses (1940–2000) provide a reasonably …

-generations model of artists in which the number and average talent of senior artists in each period is linked to the number of young … artists in previous periods. Long copyrights increase superstar market concentration and can reduce the number of young … artists being able to pursue artistic careers. As a result, in the long run, excessively long copyrights can reduce artistic …

, and artists differ from each other as well as from eminent scientific creators. The next issue concerns the developmental …