Education, income and cultural participation across Europe

Resum

In this paper, we analyze the determinants of cultural participation in four European countries, particularly focusing on education and income. Using data from the 2015 modules of the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) for Spain, Italy, France and Germany, we estimate a Zero Inflated Ordered Probit (ZIOP) to model participation in two cultural activities: attendance to cinema and visits to sites of cultural interest. We find that the effect of education varies between cinema and cultural visits, being its marginal effect more relevant for the last. On the contrary, given a certain level of education, an increase in income will bring more people to the cinema.

Paraules clau:

cultural participation, education, cinema, museums.