This study aims to analyze the common elements in the mental models of cultural entrepreneurs in Belo Horizonte, Brazil …

explain the wage differences between workers from the cultural industry and workers from other formal industries in Brazil. To … do so we use the data from 2003 to 2008 of the Rais-Migra – MTE, which is a true panel of formal workers from Brazil, and … per se, proving that not only the talent matter, but also that the formal cultural environment in Brazil positively …