Women and men differ in their tastes for the performing arts. Gender differences have been shown to persist after accounting for socioeconomic factors. This paper uses this difference to shed light on how decisions on arts consumption are made in households. Based on relatively recent theoretical developments in the literature on household decision-making, we use three different so-called distribution factors to show for the first time that the relative bargaining power of spouses affects their arts consumption. Using a sample from the US Current Population Survey, which includes data on the frequency of visits to cultural activities, we regress attendance on a range of socioeconomic variables using a count data model. The distribution factors consistently affect attendance by men at events such as the opera, ballet and other dance performances, which are more frequently attended by women than by men. We conclude that when men have more bargaining power, they tend to attend such events less frequently.

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芭蕾之战家庭对艺术消费的决定

女性和男性对表演艺术的品味不同。在考虑到社会经济因素后，性别差异已被证明仍然存在。本文利用这种差异来阐明家庭如何做出艺术消费决策。基于家庭决策文献中相对较新的理论发展，我们首次使用三种不同的所谓分配因素来表明配偶的相对议价能力影响他们的艺术消费。使用来自美国当前人口调查的样本，其中包括文化活动访问频率的数据，我们使用计数数据模型对一系列社会经济变量的出席率进行回归。分布因素始终影响着男性参加歌剧、芭蕾舞和其他舞蹈表演等活动的人数，女性比男性更常参加。我们得出的结论是，当男性拥有更多议价能力时，他们参加此类活动的频率往往会降低。